Refinery Catalysts

At BASF, our Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst and additive offerings together with our expert technical services build the right solution to create value within any unit’s constraints.

We provide FCC innovations to maximize production of highly-valued petrochemicals and fuels for your unit’s unique needs. At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future.

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Global Marketing Manager, Refining Catalyst

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Why BASF?

BASF is a pioneer in innovative catalysts for the petroleum refining industry. Whatever your refinery’s specific needs, BASF can provide a catalyst solution to meet them. Our FCC Catalysts provide the main catalytic cracking power in the unit and need to be optimized per feedstock and desired output. Providing tailored FCC solutions for various feedstocks as well as options for refineries that want feed flexibility, BASF catalysts coupled with our technical expertise provide sustainable solutions for all FCC units.

BASF develops innovative technologies as the basis for our FCC Refining Catalysts portfolio. Customer-focused research and development results in BASF’s creation of new technologies and drives our approach to continuous innovation, leading to new possibilities for the refining industry. Our FCC catalyst technologies offer avenues for operations and profit improvement.

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FCC Catalysts

BASF is a pioneer in innovative catalysts for the petroleum refining industry. Whatever your refinery’s specific needs, BASF can provide a catalyst solution to meet them.

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Our FCC Catalysts provide the main catalytic cracking power in the unit and need to be optimized per feedstock and desired output. Providing tailored FCC solutions for various feedstocks as well as options for refineries that want feed flexibility, BASF catalysts coupled with our technical expertise provide sustainable solutions for all FCC units.

Endurance^®
Flex-Tec^®
Fortress^®
NXT
Defender^®
BoroCat^®
Borotec^®
HDXtra^®
Stamina^®
Aegis^®
Boroflex^®
Fourte^®
Maximum Propylene Solution (MPS)
Luminate^®
Fourtune™
Altrium^®

FCC Co-Processing

BASF enables refiners to further their sustainability progress with innovative solutions for FCC co-processing of alternative feedstocks.

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Refiners are co-processing a wide variety of alternatives feed, including used vegetable oils, waste oils and animal fats, biomass pyrolysis oils and waste product pyrolysis oils. BASF works with refiners to identify the best solutions for your unique requirements, using our technologies and extensive experience in the refining segment.

Operating FCCs more sustainably by supporting the co-processing of alternative feeds (BASF brochure)
Co-processing renewable and recyclable feedstocks in the FCC unit
Processing renewable and waste-based feedstocks with fluid catalytic cracking

FCC Additives

Additives allow refiners to optimize product selectivities and cost-effectively reach regulations without a large catalyst overhaul.

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BASF works to help refiners access maximum unit performance through continuous innovations in petroleum refining. Our wide variety of FCC additives demonstrates BASF’s commitment to advancing refining technologies. We offer both performance-enhancing and environmental-compliance additives.

ZIP Olefins Additive
EnviroSOx
EZ Flow^®
Ultra Stable Promoter (USP)
Converter^®

FCC Technologies

BASF develops innovative technologies as the basis for our FCC Refining Catalysts portfolio.

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Customer-focused research and development results in BASF’s creation of new technologies and drives our approach to continuous innovation, leading to new possibilities for the refining industry. Our FCC catalyst technologies offer avenues for operations and profit improvement.

DMS Technology: Distributed Matrix Structures (DMS) technology provides a unique pore structure to deliver benefits for all FCC unit designs. DMS technology enables enhanced diffusion of hydrocarbon feed for pre-cracking on highly dispersed zeolite crystals.
Prox-SMZ Technology: Proximal Stable Matrix and Zeolite (Prox-SMZ) technology enhances distillate yields and reduces bottoms. In a single process step, BASF combines a new advanced FCC catalyst matrix with our proven zeolite technology.
BBT: BASF developed Boron-based Technology (BBT) using boron chemistry to increase desired product in units with moderate to high metals contamination. It achieves superior nickel passivation using a specially-designed pore architecture.
IZY Technology: Improved Zeolite Y (IZY) technology optimizes the catalyst’s mesoporosity leading to reduced diffusion path length and higher liquid yields. Units can take advantage of this new intercrystallite spacing for olefins selectivity.
MFT Technology: Multiple Framework Topologies (MFT) technology decouples catalyst acid site density from activity allowing units to increase olefin selectivity using a high zeolite catalyst without reducing the unit’s activity.

Technical Services

Our experts and technical teams work to understand each individual refinery to provide tailored and timely assistance.

BASF values knowledge of its customer base to provide continuous support during and after FCC unit updates. Our communication with refineries ensures new technologies and products are constantly reviewed and updated for alignment with the changing needs of our customer base.

For questions or inquiries, please contact refining-catalysts@basf.com or Customer Care. For MSDS information, contact your Account Manager.

Refinery Map

Aside from reliable supply of catalyst and adsorbents, these comprehensive solutions include service, process optimization, and technical support that help to maximize your feedstock value, meet your sustainability and environmental goals, and enable production of high quality fuels and petrochemicals.

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2024-02-26