With the continuous improvement of global refining capacity, the increasingly stringent oil product standards, and the continuous increase in the demand for chemical raw materials, the consumption of refining catalysts has been in a steady growth trend. Among them, the fastest growth is in new economies and developing countries.
Due to the different raw materials, products and device structures of each refinery, for the use of more targeted catalysts to get the ideal product or chemical raw materials, the choice of catalysts with better adaptability or selectivity can solve the key problems of different refineries and different devices.
In recent years, in Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, the consumption amount and growth rate of all catalysts, including refining, polymerization, chemical synthesis, etc. are higher than that of developed regions in Europe and the United States.
In the future, the expansion of gasoline hydrogenation will be the largest, followed by middle distillate hydrogenation, FCC, isomerization, hydrocracking, naphtha hydrogenation, heavy oil (residual oil) hydrogenation, alkylation (superposition), reforming, etc., and the corresponding catalyst demand will also increase correspondingly.
However, due to the different use cycles of various oil refining catalysts, the amount of oil refining catalysts can not increase with the expansion of capacity. According to market sales statistics, the most sales are hydrogenation catalysts (hydrotreating and hydrocracking, accounting for 46% of the total), followed by FCC catalysts (40%), followed by reforming catalysts (8%), alkylation catalysts (5%) and others (1%).
Here are the main features of catalysts from several internationally renowned companies:
1. Axens
Axens was founded on June 30, 2001, by the merger of the technology transfer department of the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP) and Procatalyse Catalysts and Additives.
Axens is an independent entity that draws on the nearly 70 years of research and development experience and industrial achievements of the French Institute of Petroleum Research to carry out process licensing, plant design and related services, providing products (catalysts and adsorbents) for refining, petrochemicals and gas production.
Axens’ catalysts and adsorbents are primarily marketed in North America and Europe.
The company has a full range of catalysts, These include protective bed catalysts, grade materials, distillate hydrotreating catalysts, residual hydrotreating catalysts, hydrocracking catalysts, sulfur recovery (Claus) catalysts, tail gas treatment catalysts, hydrogenation catalysts (hydrogenation, Prime-G+ process catalysts and selective hydrogenation catalysts), reforming and isomerization catalysts (reforming catalysts, isomerization) Catalysts), biofuels and other special catalysts and Fischer-Tropsch catalysts, olefin dimerization catalysts, also provide adsorbents, a total of more than 150 varieties.
2. LyondellBasell
Lyondellbasell is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Founded in December 2007, Basel is the world’s largest polyolefin producer. Basell acquired LyondellChemicals for $12.7 billion to form the new LyondellBasell Industries. The company is organized into four business units: Fuel Business, Chemical Business, Polymer Business, Technology and Research and Development Business; It has more than 60 factories in 19 countries, and its products are sold to more than 100 countries worldwide, with 15,000 employees. When it was founded, it became the third largest independent chemical company in the world.
With a focus on olefin, polyolefin and related derivatives, the acquisition of Lyander Chemicals expands the company’s downstream footprint in petrochemicals, strengthens its leadership position in polyolefin, and strengthens its position in propylene oxide (PO), PO-linked products styrene monomer and methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), as well as in acetyl products. And PO derivatives such as butanediol and propylene glycol ethers leading position;
Lyondellbasell Industries is one of the world’s largest polymer, petrochemical and fuel companies. The global leader in polyolefin technology, production and market; It is the pioneer of propylene oxide and its derivatives. A significant producer of fuel oil and its refined products, including biofuels;
Lyondellbasell ranks first in the world in polypropylene production capacity and polypropylene catalyst production. The production capacity of propylene oxide ranks second in the world. Polyethylene production capacity ranked third in the world; Ranking fourth in the world in propylene and ethylene production capacity; The world’s first production capacity of styrene monomer and MTBE; TDI production capacity accounts for 14% of the world, ranking third in the world; Ethylene production capacity of 6.51 million tons/year, the second largest producer in North America; In addition, LyondellBasell is the second producer of HDPE and LDPE in North America.
Lyander Basell Industries has a total of four catalyst plants, two in Germany (Ludwig and Frankfurt), one in Italy (Ferrara) and one in the United States (Edison, New Jersey). The company is the world’s leading supplier of PP catalysts, and its PP catalysts account for 1/3 of the global market share; PE catalysts account for 10% of the global market share.
3. Johnson Matthey
Johnson Matthey was founded in 1817 and is headquartered in London, England. Johnson Matthey is a world leader in advanced materials technology with three business units: Environmental Technology, Precious Metals Products and Fine Chemicals & Catalysts.
The Group’s main activities include the production of automotive catalysts, the production of heavy-duty diesel engine catalysts and their pollution control systems, fuel cell catalysts and their equipment, chemical process catalysts and their technologies, the production and sale of fine chemicals and pharmaceutical active components, oil refining, precious metal processing, and the production of pigments and coatings for the glass and ceramic industries.
In refining and chemical industry, Johnson Matthey mainly produces methanol synthesis catalyst, synthetic ammonia catalyst, hydrogen production catalyst, hydrogenation catalyst, raw material purification catalyst, pre-conversion catalyst, steam conversion catalyst, high temperature conversion catalyst, low temperature conversion catalyst, methanation catalyst, deVOC catalyst, deodorization catalyst, etc. They were named as KATALCO, PURASPEC, HYTREAT, PURAVOC, Sponge MetalTM, HYDECAT, SMOPEX, ODORGARD, ACCENT and other brands.
Methanol catalyst types are: purification catalyst, pre-conversion catalyst, steam conversion catalyst, gas thermal conversion catalyst, two-stage conversion and self-thermal conversion catalyst, sulfur-resistant conversion catalyst, methanol synthesis catalyst.
The types of synthetic ammonia catalysts are: purification catalyst, pre-conversion catalyst, first-stage conversion catalyst, second-stage conversion catalyst, high-temperature conversion catalyst, low-temperature conversion catalyst, methanation catalyst, ammonia synthesis catalyst.
The types of hydrogen production catalysts are: purification catalyst, pre-conversion catalyst, steam conversion catalyst, high-temperature conversion catalyst, low-temperature conversion catalyst, methanation catalyst.
PURASPEC brand catalysts include: desulfurization catalyst, mercury removal catalyst, deCOS catalyst, ultra-pure catalyst, hydrodesulfurization catalyst.
4. Haldor Topsoe, Denmark
Helder Topso was founded in 1940 by Dr. Hardetopso and today employs approximately 1,700 people. Its headquarters, central research laboratory and engineering center are located near Copenhagen, Denmark;
The company is committed to the scientific research, development and sales of a variety of catalysts, and involves the transfer of patented technology, and the engineering and construction of catalytic towers;
Topsoe mainly produces synthetic ammonia catalyst, raw material purification catalyst, automotive catalyst, CO conversion catalyst, combustion catalyst, dimethyl ether catalyst (DME), denitrification catalyst (DeNOx), methanation catalyst, methanol catalyst, oil refining catalyst, steam reforming catalyst, sulfuric acid catalyst, wet sulfuric acid (WSA) catalyst.
Topsoe’s oil refining catalysts mainly include hydrotreating catalyst, hydrocracking catalyst and pressure drop control catalyst. Among them, hydrotreating catalysts can be divided into naphtha hydrotreating, oil refining hydrotreating, low sulfur and ultra-low sulfur diesel hydrotreating and FCC pretreatment catalysts according to the use of the company’s oil refining catalysts have 44 kinds;
Topsoe has two catalyst production plants in Denmark and the United States with a total of 24 production lines.
5. INOES Group
Founded in 1998, Ineos Group is the world’s fourth largest chemicals company and a global producer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and petroleum products, headquartered in Southampton, UK.
Ineos Group began to grow in the late 1990s by acquiring non-core assets of other companies, thus entering the ranks of the world’s chemical leaders.
Ineos Group’s business scope includes petrochemical products, specialty chemicals and petroleum products, among which ABS, HFC, phenol, acetone, melamine, acrylonitrile, acetonitrile, polystyrene and other products occupy a leading position in the global market. PVC, vulcanization products, VAM, PVC composites, linear alpha olefin, ethylene oxide, formaldehyde and its derivatives, ethylene, polyethylene, gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, civil fuel oil and other products are in the leading position in the European market.
In 2005 Ineos acquired Innovene from BP and entered the production and marketing of catalysts. The company’s catalyst business belongs to Ineos Technologies, which mainly provides polyolefin catalysts, acrylonitrile catalysts, maleic anhydride catalysts, vinyl catalysts and their technical solutions.
Polyolefin catalysts have been produced for more than 30 years, providing catalysts, technical services and support for more than 7.7 million tons of Innovene™ PE and 3.3 million tons of Innovene™ PP plants.
6. Mitsui Chemicals
Founded in 1997, Mitsui Chemical is the second largest integrated chemical company in Japan after Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, and one of the world’s leading producers of phenol, isopropyl alcohol, polyethylene and polypropylene products, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
Mitsui Chemical is a manufacturer of chemicals, specialty materials and related products. It is currently divided into three business units: Functional Materials, Advanced Chemicals, and Basic Chemicals. Its catalyst business is part of the Advanced Chemicals Business Headquarters; The catalysts include olefin polymerization catalyst, molecular catalyst, heterogeneous catalyst, alkyl anthraquinone catalyst and so on.
7, JGC C&C Day swing catalyst Formation Company
Nichiwa Catalyst & Chemicals Corporation, also known as Nichiwa Catalyst & Chemicals Corporation, was established on July 1, 2008, by integrating the business and resources of two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Japan Nichiwa Corporation (JGC CORP, Chinese abbreviation for NIChiwa), Japan Catalyst Chemical Corporation (CCIC) and Nick Chemical Co., LTD. (NCC). It is headquartered in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
CCIC was founded on July 21, 1958, and is headquartered in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Mainly engaged in the production of catalysts, with petroleum refining catalysts as the center, the products include FCC catalysts, hydrotreating catalysts, denitrification (DeNox) catalysts and fine chemical products (cosmetic raw materials, optical materials, liquid crystal materials and various types of displays, semiconductor materials, etc.). NCC was founded on August 18, 1952, with its headquarters in Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The main development, production and sales of chemical catalysts, the products mainly include hydrogenation catalyst, dehydrogenation catalyst, solid alkali catalyst, gas purification adsorbents, etc. Cathode materials and environmental purification catalysts for rechargeable batteries.
According to the products, the company is divided into three divisions: catalyst, fine chemicals and environment/new energy. The company produces and sells catalysts including catalysts for oil refining, catalysts for petrochemical processing and catalysts for environmental protection.
The refinery catalysts are mainly FCC catalysts and hydrogenation process catalysts, the latter including hydrofining, hydrotreating and hydrocracking catalysts; Chemical catalysts include petrochemical catalyst, hydrogenation catalyst, syngas conversion catalyst, catalyst carrier and zeolite; Catalysts for environmental protection include: environment-related products, flue gas denitrification catalysts, oxidation catalysts and materials for automobile exhaust treatment, deodorizing/antibacterial materials, VOC adsorption/decomposition catalysts, etc.
The company’s denitration catalyst has 80% market share in Europe and 70% market share in the United States, and accounts for more than 60% of the world’s power plant denitration catalysts.
8. SINOPEC Catalyst Co., LTD
Sinopec Catalyst Co., LTD., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinopec Corporation, is the main body responsible for the production, sales and management of Sinopec’s catalyst business, responsible for the investment and operation of Sinopec’s catalyst business, and conducts professional management of the company’s catalyst production enterprises.
Sinopec Catalyst Co., Ltd. is one of the world’s largest producers, suppliers and service providers of refining and chemical catalysts. Relying on the strong domestic research research Institute of Petrochemical Science and Fushun Petrochemical Research Institute, the company continues to expand the domestic and global catalyst market. Catalyst products cover oil refining catalyst, polyolefin catalyst, basic organic raw material catalyst, coal chemical catalyst, environmental protection catalyst, other catalysts and other 6 categories. While meeting the domestic market demand, the products are also exported to Europe, America, Asia, Africa and other international markets.
The production base is mainly distributed in six provinces and cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hunan, Shandong, Liaoning and Jiangsu, and the products cover three catalyst fields: oil refining, chemical industry and basic organic raw materials. It has 8 wholly-owned units, 2 holding units, 1 entrusted management unit, 4 domestic sales and service centers, and 4 overseas representative offices.
Post time: Aug-17-2023
