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● Proposed the exploration of three Pliocene / Pleistocene sites with production potential, being close to 3 billion cubic meters of both unconventional and conventional biogas reservoirs in the Sinshih area.
● Completed an assessment report on the Qingshui private geothermal energy BOT project and updated the underground temperature and fissure models of the Qingshui geothermal area.
● Completed the geothermal heat acquisition tests for abandoned and sealed domestic wells. Also completed were the temperature cycle tests for those oil pipes with insulation coating that have been installed along the same axis in single wells.
REFINING AND PETROCHEMICALS
● Developments in new production processes: these include the joint production of dicyclopentadiene and methylcyclopentane; research on the use of recycled
diesel catalysts in second stage hydrogenation; tert-Butyl alcohol dehydration and production process analysis; and planning production procedures for the diluent cyclopentane.
● Established pollution remediation technologies: these include the use of mass spectrometry for the identification, analysis and applications of gasoline products; the use of soil gas in gas stations for the verification of pollution potential; and the use of geophysical survey technologies to complete the ground resistance tests of a site and determine the distribution of underground pollutants.
● Completed testing of the following applications: the actual vehicle emissions and pollution effect of ethanol gasoline; the performance of heavy diesel engines; and the performance of diesel additives in mitigating environmental pollution.
● Completed the monitoring of multiple parameters for water quality in wells in a number of industrial plants; carried out underground pollution remediation and inspection services; monitored airborne volatile organic compounds (VOC) and sulfides; reviewed wastewater treatment and recycling plans as well as health hazard assessments.
● Completed an assessment of the impact on natural gas pipelines of sporadic currents emanating from the Taipei MRT system; and assisted the inspection of joint pipelines between the now-closed Kaohsiung Refinery and the Dalin Refinery.
● Completed a review of gasoline and diesel production processes; carried out research and formulated technical services related to the optimization of petrochemicals production processes; resolved onsite issues and raised the level of operating efficiency so as to meet energy conservation targets.
● Completed the following: primary gasoline hydrogenation catalyst toxicity tracking at the Linyuan Petrochemicals Plant; plans for recycling styrene derived from the pyrolysis gasoline of the Petrochemical Business Division; performance testing of the R4101S hydrogenation catalyst in the fourth naphtha cracker at the Linyuan plant; and the analysis report on the source materials of hydrocarbon resin.
● Completed the technology transfer of new lubricant formulas and manufacturing techniques for motor oil, motorcycle engine oil, high-grade circulation oil and Super Duty Marilube Oil.
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Developed new CPC-branded lubricant products such as CPC Circulation Oil R100, CPC General Purpose Oil
15 and 5(II), CPC Wire Drawing Mill Oil NTM100, CPC Calcium Sulfonate Complex Grease No. 2, CPC Super Duty Marilube Oil CF15W40, Precision Machine Cutting Oil, CPC Marilube Oil CO250, and CPC Multi-Purpose Gear Lubricant 85W90.