Emulsion breaker increases refinery profitability and treating performance

Elizabeth Coco is the LST Merox and Ionic Liquid Alkylation Offering Manager. In her current role, she manages the catalyst portfolio for these technologies. Coco has been with UOP for 9 yr. Her roles at UOP have been in the career development program working in adsorbents R&D, Oleflex Technical Service and the CCR Platforming Health Check Team. She traveled to customers as a Field Service Engineer for several years before moving back to the office as a Technical Sales Engineer. From there, she transitioned into her current role as Offering Manager. Coco earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.  

Ambuj Tripathi is a Senior Technology Specialist in the Treating Technical Services Group responsible for startup coordination, training and troubleshooting of Merox and amine units worldwide. Tripathi has 16 yr of industry experience and has been with Honeywell UOP for more than 10 yr. He has extensive experience in various processing areas. He earned a B.E. degree in chemical engineering from RGPV University in Bhopal, India.

Jessy Trucko is a Principal Technology Specialist at Honeywell UOP in the treating technical services group. He has been with Honeywell UOP for more than 20 yr. During his years in Honeywell UOP’s development group, he advanced alkylene and FCC technologies. Mr. Trucko has been involved with Merox as a Project Engineer in the gas processing engineering department and as a Treating Technical Service Specialist for the past 13 yr. During this time, he designed individual units and complexes and innovated multiple improvements to the Merox design. Mr. Trucko holds seven patents and earned a BS degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.