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Catalysts

How digitalization is turning data into value in the heart of the refinery: FCC catalysts

BASF: Gim, S.  |  Chen, A.

Digitalization has impacted the world of refining for the past several decades.

Albemarle announces launch of Ketjen Corporation

Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, announced the official brand launch of Ketjen, its wholly owned subsidiary that crafts tailored, advanced catalyst solutions for the petrochemical, refining and specialty chemicals industries.

A novel deep catalytic cracking technology for residue-to-chemicals processes

SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing: Gong, J.  |  Zhang, J.  |  Zhang, Z.  |  Wei, X.  |  Chang, X.  |  Zhu, J.
SINOPEC Engineering Inc.: Wu, L.
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp.: Cao, D.
SINOPEC Anqing Co.: Ma, Q.

Over the past two decades, annual global demands for refined products and basic petrochemicals have increased by approximately 1.3% and 3.5%, respectively.

Refinery catalyst selection: Facts and fictions every refiner should know

Avantium: Pongboot, N.
PTT Global Chemical: Upienpong, T.

Most refiners carefully evaluate their refining catalysts to ensure maximum benefits over the catalyst cycle length.

Development/industrial application of FCC catalyst for boosting high-octane gasoline production

Research Institute of Petroleum Processing (RIPP): Sha, Y.  |  Han, L.  |  Wang, P.

Globally, crude oil is trending toward being heavier; the proportion of heavy crude oil reserve is expected to be 50% of the entire recoverable oil reserve moving forward from 2020.

Flexibility in catalyst technology for improved bottoms upgrading

BASF: Senter, C.  |  Clough-Mastry, M.  |  Tan, L.  |  Eren, B.

Bottoms product from fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) is typically one of the least valuable products from a refinery.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

N’GENIUS Materials Technology has developed a new series of high-strength austenitic stainless steels that the company says will transform how materials are specified and utilized across the oil and gas sector.

Partners maximize profitability during the pandemic

Advanced Refining Technologies (ART)/ Chevron Lummus Global (CLG): Zhan, B.-Z.
Chevron Lummus Global: Fritz, J.
Advanced Refining Technologies: Somers, D.

The COVID-19 pandemic can be viewed as one of the most challenging periods in the history of the oil and gas sector. Refineries worldwide faced difficult times operating at their turndown capacities or even temporarily shut down units at the refinery.

Solving maldistribution: Catalyst loading and why it matters

Shell Catalysts & Technologies: Maas, E.  |  Sigaud, J.
CREALYST-Oil: Poussin, G.  |  Caldas, T.

Are your reactor yields lower than forecast? Does your fixed-bed catalytic reactor suffer from hotspots?

Clariant’s NiSat 310 catalyst adds polishing touch to Evonik-tkIS HPPO process at propylene oxide plant in China

Clariant Catalysts has teamed up with Evonik and thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (tkIS) in a major propylene oxide project for one of China’s largest rubber producers.