Hydrotreating
Innovation drives new catalyst developments
Future challenges in environment and product specifications involve more sophisticated catalyst systems
Global demand for catalysts to exceed $17 billion in 2014
World demand for chemical synthesis, petroleum refining and polymerization catalysts will rise 6%/yr to $17.2 billion in 2014, reflecting a combination of healthy volume and price growth from a weak 2..
Rare earth dilemma forces catalyst changes
The success from catalysts depends on its structure and composition. Tremendous research has been devoted in fine-tuning the melding of structure and raw material makeup to provide efficient catalyst ..
Slurry-phase hydrocracking—possible solution to refining margins
Opportunity crudes require more hydrogen addition to upgrade orphan product streams into higher-value ‘clean’ products
Convert bottom-of-the-barrel into diesel and light olefins
Integrating residue hydrocracking operations with advanced fluid catalytic cracking optimizes upgrading of heavy crude oils
Designing atmospheric crude distillation for bitumen service
Oil sands add complexity to separation units and require a new approach
Consider different alternatives for enriching lean acid gases
New developments improve operation of Claus sulfur recovery units
Fine-tune processing heavy crudes in your facility
A better understanding of asphaltene stability in crude oils allows refiners to increase blending of ‘opportunity’ feedstocks
Haldor Topsøe signs contracts with YPF Argentina
YPF Argentina and Haldor Topsøe have signed two contracts for the production of hydrogen and ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at the Lujan de Cuyo refinery in Mendoza Province, Argentina.

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