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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Why BASF?

BASF is a leader in innovative catalysts for the petroleum refining industry. We offer tailored FCC Catalysts based on your refinery's specific feedstock and desired output. Our solutions provide feed flexibility and sustainable options for all FCC units.

With a strong focus on customer-driven research and development, BASF continuously innovates its FCC Refining Catalysts portfolio, creating new technologies that enhance operational efficiency and profitability in the refining industry.

Refinery Catalyst Profile Portal

Our Refinery Profile provides independent means for refineries to track the performance of their catalyst unit, providing a wealth of information such as real-time data, graphics capabilities, and more.

Refinery Catalysts Literature Overview

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BASF Refinery Map

Get an overview of BASF's innovative FCC catalysts, hydrogenation catalysts, and adsorbents for refinery applications.

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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.

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

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.

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

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.

Advanced Innovative Matrix (AIM): Technology enhancing the performance of the FCC catalysts through the optimal matrix acidity and activity, improved pore size distribution and improved matrix-zeolite interaction to enable coke selectivity.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Technical Services

Our experts work closely with each refinery to deliver tailored and timely assistance. BASF values knowledge of its customer base to provide ongoing support during and after FCC unit updates. We continually review and update our technologies and products to align with your evolving requirements.

For questions or inquiries, please contact us. For MSDS information, reach out to your Account Manager.

Publications

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2024-08-14

Chemical recycling of waste plastics (Decarbonization Technology, 2024)

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2024-05-15

Passivating vanadium in FCC (PTQ, 2024)

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2024-05-14

Reaching new heights (HE, 2024)

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2024-02-26

Refinery Catalysts set for growth (Chemical Week, 2024)

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2023-11-01

Transforming refineries' opportunities through FCC (PTQ, 2023)

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News

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August 12, 2024

BASF introduces Fourtiva™ Fluidized Catalytic Cracking catalyst to increase high octane gasoline blending feedstock

BASF announced today the commercial launch of Fourtiva™, a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst for gasoil to mild resid feedstock. Fourtiva incorporates BASF’s newest Advanced Innovative Matrix (AIM) and the Multiple Frameworks Topology (MFT) technologies to achieve an optimized catalyst design to maximize butylene yields and selectivity over propylene while improving naphtha octane, LPG olefinicity and minimizing coke and dry gas.

BASF launched today Fourtitude™, a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst designed to maximize butylenes from resid feedstocks. Fourtitude, the latest product based on BASF’s award-winning multiple framework topology (MFT) technology, is optimized to deliver superior selectivity to butylenes while maintaining catalyst activity.

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March 14, 2022

New Fourtitude™ FCC catalyst maximizes butylenes helping to improve performance for refiners

BASF launched today Fourtitude™, a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst designed to maximize butylenes from resid feedstocks. Fourtitude, the latest product based on BASF’s award-winning multiple framework topology (MFT) technology, is optimized to deliver superior selectivity to butylenes while maintaining catalyst activity.

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.

Why BASF?

FCC Catalysts

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FCC Co-Processing

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FCC Additives

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FCC Technologies

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Technical Services

Publications

Chemical recycling of waste plastics (Decarbonization Technology, 2024)

Passivating vanadium in FCC (PTQ, 2024)

Reaching new heights (HE, 2024)

Refinery Catalysts set for growth (Chemical Week, 2024)

Transforming refineries' opportunities through FCC (PTQ, 2023)

News

BASF introduces Fourtiva™ Fluidized Catalytic Cracking catalyst to increase high octane gasoline blending feedstock

New Fourtitude™ FCC catalyst maximizes butylenes helping to improve performance for refiners

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