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For over 50 years, BASF has been pioneering innovative FCC catalysts, hydrogenation catalysts, and adsorbents for refinery applications.
Serving the petroleum and refining industry, BASF has a vast portfolio and a global footprint, allowing us to provide comprehensive end-to end solutions to our customers, wherever they might be located. In addition to reliable supply of catalyst and adsorbents, these comprehensive solutions include service, process optimization, and technical support to help maximize your feedstock value, meet your sustainability and environmental goals, and enable production of high quality fuels and petrochemicals. Click the icons below and see what we have to offer for your unit operation.
About ethylene recovery
Ethylene recovery units serve to recover valuable ethylene from off-gas streams coming from cat cracker or coker units. The upgrading of the streams requires removal of a multitude of different impurities ranging from O2, NOx, different sulfur components, heavy metals, multiple unsaturated hydrocarbons (like acetylene) and water. The treatment consists typically of absoprtion and adsorption steps as well as low temperature distillation steps. BASF offers, among other products, state of the art removal of oxygen with PuriStar® R3-81 while minimizing ethylene loss (working also in the presence of high concentrations of CO). Of special interest for refineries are also newly introduced lead-free adsorbents like PuriStar® R9-PAR and R9-SR. Check out our new interactive refinery map to find these products and many more that can add value to your operations.
About sulphur guard bed
High capacity removal of various sulfur species, including heavy organic sulfurs as well as sulfides, from feed streams to naphtha reformers and isomerization units.
About propylene recovery
Propylene recovery units serve to upgrade refinery grade propylene to chemical or polymer grade propylene, which bring a significant economic boost to refineries. The upgrading of the streams coming from cat cracker units requires removal of different impurities ranging from different sulfur components, oxygenates, CO, traces of multiple unsaturates (like MAPD) to heavy metals and water. The treatment consists typically of absorption and adsorption steps as well as low temperature distillation. BASF offers among other products, newly introduced PuriStar® R3-22. Check out our new interactive refinery map to find these products and many more that can add value to your operations.
About C4 SHU
For downstream processing of raw C4 feeds, 1,3-Butadiene can be selectively hydrogenated into valuable olefins. By applying BASF C4 Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts, a reliable full conversion of Dienes and Diolefins can be warranted for years. Furthermore, the 2-Butene content can be maximized by applying our innovative H0-45 catalyst series. A high 2-Butene concentration will boost the efficiency of Alkylation and Metathesis units. In case the 1-Butene content shall be kept as for instance for Dimerization and alpha-Olefins formation, our H0-42 catalyst series is the right choice for your process.
About C2 SHU
High purity Ethylene streams require Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts. For tail-end applications, BASF offers the long term approved C2 Selective Hydrogenation Catalyst, H0-28. Our catalytic solution ensures a selective and reliable conversion of reactive Acetylene into valuable Ethylene for multiple years on stream.
FCC Catalysts and Additives
BASF’s Refining Catalysts business is a global industry leader in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalysts with an unparalleled commitment to deliver cutting-edge technology and services to the refining industry. Our goal is to make our customers more successful. This is accomplished by our passion for innovation, enabling enhanced economics and increased productivity. We are the partner to help refineries fuel the world.
About chloride guard bed
Removal of chlorides is essential in reforming and certain petrochemical processes. Chlorides have a significant effect on the integrity of process equipment including corrosion and fouling.
About sulphur guard bed
High capacity removal of various sulfur species, including heavy organic sulfurs as well as sulfides, from feed streams to naphtha reformers and isomerization units.
About sulphur guard bed
High capacity removal of various sulfur species, including heavy organic sulfurs as well as sulfides, from feed streams to naphtha reformers and isomerization units.
About Gas Processing
BASF offers a divers portfolio for natural gas treatment with its Durasorb® and Sorbead® technologies.
About OASE® Gas Treatment
Under the OASE® brand, BASF provides customized, technologically superior gas treatment technologies for many application fields.
About C5+ SHU
Raw C5+ streams contain a significant fraction of Dienes and Styrene. They need to be thoroughly hydrogenated in order to prevent solid formation and unwanted reactions in downstream units. Our best-in-class C5+ Selective Hydrogenation catalyst family, E 15x, enables our customers a long-term processing of C5+ streams even under challenging process conditions. The catalyst series is available at a broad range of Palladium concentrations. Feeds with high sulfur contaminations can now be processed by means of our new sulfur-resistant catalyst series called E 15x S. For mid-term-oriented units our new lightweight catalyst series E 15x light with maximized Palladium efficiency can contribute the overall economics.
FCC Catalysts and Additives
BASF’s Refining Catalysts business is a global industry leader in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalysts with an unparalleled commitment to deliver cutting-edge technology and services to the refining industry. Our goal is to make our customers more successful. This is accomplished by our passion for innovation, enabling enhanced economics and increased productivity. We are the partner to help refineries fuel the world.
About sulphur guard bed
High capacity removal of various sulfur species, including heavy organic sulfurs as well as sulfides, from feed streams to naphtha reformers and isomerization units.
About C3 SHU
C3 Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts are the state-of-the-art solution to hydrogenate reactive molecules such as Methylacetylene (MA) and Propadiene (PD) in raw C3 feed streams. Our Palladium based catalyst solutions warrant a selective hydrogenation of MAPD to boost the Propylene gain in your process over years. Due to the advanced catalyst formulation the formation of green-oil can be significantly reduced. Our new lightweight catalyst series has just been launched to minimize cost of fill by maximizing the utilization of precious metal.
About chloride guard bed
Removal of chlorides is essential in reforming and certain petrochemical processes. Chlorides have a significant effect on the integrity of process equipment including corrosion and fouling.
About sulphur guard bed
High capacity removal of various sulfur species, including heavy organic sulfurs as well as sulfides, from feed streams to naphtha reformers and isomerization units.
About aromatic / olefin saturation
BASF offers a range of nickel fixed bed catalysts for the deep dearomatisation / deolefination of refinery fractions to high end solvents, fuel additives, lubes, white oils and waxes.
