ExxonMobil Catalysts and Technology Licensing Creating a particle of difference Catalysts and Technology Licensing offers Building on more than 125 years of experience, ExxonMobil operates in three core businesses: its customers a portfolio of high-performing catalysts and advanced process technologies backed by a legacy of continuous innovation and a commitment to maintaining strong customer relationships. ExxonMobil offers decades of operational expertise to ensure that our customers have access to the industry’s best solutions: The same world- class innovations and technologies we use Chemical Gas Refining in our own facilities. Our role as an owner Our decades of expertise in chemical ExxonMobil Catalysts and Technology Our high-performance catalysts and operator uniquely positions us as experts production allow us to offer innovation Licensing also bring our experience in advanced process technologies can bring in this area. From planning and installation and expertise to the chemical industry. innovation to offer cost-effective, low-risk big benefits to refining companies. We can to plant startup and beyond, we continue Our high-quality catalysts and process solutions for H2S cleanup and syngas offer industry-leading advantages in fuel to offer our services and know-how to technologies offer methods to upgrade production. Gas-treating technology can production, resid conversion and lubes customers well after implementation. low-value chemicals into high-value enable customers to meet stringent production. Our technologies can offer Whether it’s for producing paraxylene, products in innovative and cost-effective emissions standards. Our technologies can higher product yields, convert low-value lubricants, fuels or other products, ways. They can be used to manufacture also assist in the production of high-quality products to higher-value end products and ExxonMobil would like to partner with chemicals and polymers used in creating synthetic fuels from methanol derived from enable the production of high-quality base you on your success. polyethylene, nylon, styrene and other natural gas. stocks for engine oil production. They can high-performance materials. also help to meet regulatory requirements Welcome to a world of opportunity! for sulfur and benzene removal.
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As a technology innovator and Solving shared challenges through Toluene alkylation with methanol a proprietary high-activity, co-extruded manufacturer with close our experience (EMTAM℠ process technology) dual zeolite catalyst with low precious ExxonMobil is committed to its customers’ ExxonMobil’s EMTAM process uses metal content — offers superior yields, relationships to its customers, operational success, focusing on increasing inexpensive methanol to upgrade toluene to longer cycles, lower operating costs and ExxonMobil has developed the value generated by our customers’ paraxylene. It’s a breakthrough technology increased profitability. fundamental insights that optimize processes and plants. Used in over 150 that maximizes production of valuable and improve customers’ operations commercial facilities around the world, paraxylene product while lowering feed and Selective toluene disproportionation (PxMax℠ process technology) through technology development. ExxonMobil catalysts and technologies offer energy costs. The highly paraxylene- a number of potential advantages, over a selective process is built from commercially ExxonMobil’s PxMax process technology is range of technology categories. proven technologies. Unlike other toluene the industry benchmark for selective toluene conversion processes, there is no benzene disproportionation. Based on an ex-situ co-product and no hydrogen co-feed. It is selectivated catalyst, the PxMax process the only process that can tune the methyl- offers unmatched paraxylene selectivity and to-ring ratio based on market conditions product yields (superior xylenes-to-benzene and allows unlimited benzene co-feeding to ratio), which improve over an exceptionally produce paraxylene. long and stable catalyst cycle.
Heavy aromatics transalkylation Xylene isomerization (TransPlus℠ 5 process technology) (XyMax℠ -2 process technology, ExxonMobil’s TransPlus 5 process is the low- LPI process technology) ExxonMobil catalysts are used in over 150 cost, high-conversion solution to upgrade ExxonMobil’s XyMax-2, and LPI processes commercial facilities worldwide. C9+ heavy aromatics and toluene into isomerize para-depleted xylenes effluents higher-value mixed xylenes and high-purity from the paraxylene recovery section into benzene products. The TransPlus 5 process equilibrium mixed xylenes, thereby — which is based on upgrading lower-value isomers to manufactured today. The process is built Synthetic fuels upon ExxonMobil’s proprietary zeolite (Methanol to gasoline technology) catalyst that drives a very high selectivity ExxonMobil’s methanol-to-gasoline to ethylbenzene and enables a low-capital, technology converts methanol to gasoline highly energy-efficient design that is that minimizes offsite and logistic applicable to grassroot, expansion and complexity. MTG creates a single, fungible retrofit opportunities. The EBMax process liquid product with virtually no sulfur and produces ethylbenzene with exceptional low benzene, which can be sold as-is or product purity for the manufacture of styrene. blended with ethanol, methanol, conventional gasoline or gasoline Cumene alkylation components. (Cumene process technology) The Badger cumene process was designed Lube dewaxing by Badger Licensing LLC to upgrade (MSDW™ technology, MWI™ technology, propylene and benzene to cumene for use MAXSAT™ technology) in the phenolics/bisphenol-A value chain. ExxonMobil’s MSDW, MWI and MAXSAT It has been commercially deployed over 29 catalyst technologies are ideal solutions for times and represents ~55% of all the producing base stocks for high-quality higher-value paraxylene product. The Aromatics treatment cumene manufactured today. The process is engine oils. These high-performance XyMax℠-2 process provides unmatched (Olgone℠ process technology) built upon ExxonMobil’s proprietary zeolite catalytic technologies offer premier lube performance, stable yields and catalyst ExxonMobil Olgone process technology is catalyst that drives a very high selectivity to catalytic dewaxing and hydrofinishing cycles. The ultra-low xylenes losses, high designed to extend cycles of existing cumene and enables a low-capital, highly benefits capable of processing a very wide ethylbenzene conversion, higher benzene aromatic streams treaters to reduce or energy-efficient design that is applicable to range of feedstocks — from hydrotreated purity and high WHSV allow customers to eliminate the amount of solid waste grassroot, expansion and retrofit VGOs and DAOs to hydrotreated raffinates reduce capital costs, inexpensively generated from an aromatics complex. opportunities. The Badger cumene process and slack waxes. debottleneck existing facilities and reliably At the heart of this high-performance produces cumene with exception product increase profitability over the extremely long technology is a highly stable and reusable purity for the manufacture of phenol, Diesel dewaxing (MIDW™ technology) catalyst cycle. catalyst. The outstanding performance of acetone and subsequently bisphenol-A. ExxonMobil’s MIDW catalyst technology the Olgone process can lead to significant enables higher yields of low cloud-point The LPI process also isomerizes para- operating-cost savings, better protection of Gas treating (FLEXSORB™ technology) diesel. Through isomerizing paraffins depleted xylenes effluents from the downstream units, fewer treater ExxonMobil’s FLEXSORB technology instead of cracking them, this diesel paraxylene recovery section into equilibrium changeouts, as well as debottlenecking enables customers to process increasingly dewaxing technology may also enhance mixed xylenes, but the reactions take place opportunities. sour gas streams while helping to meet cetane and volume swell compared to other in the liquid phase — offering a number of stringent emission regulations and sulfur technologies that rely only on cracking. unique benefits, including significant energy Ethylbenzene alkylation recovery objectives. The highly selective H2S savings, low temperature operation and (EBMax℠ process technology) removal process has also been used in tail ultra-low xylenes losses. These unique The EBMax process was designed by gas treating (TGT), acid gas enrichment benefits allow customers to reduce capital Badger Licensing LLC to upgrade ethylene (AGE) and high-pressure acid gas removal costs, inexpensively debottleneck existing and benzene to ethylbenzene for use in the (AGR) units. The technology provides a facilities and reliably increase profitability styrenics (polystyrene) value chain. It has cost-effective way to meet low H2S over the long catalyst cycle. been commercially deployed over 35 times specifications while minimizing CO2 and represents ~45% of all the ethylbenzene co-absorption. Mogas production Our portfolio (BenzOUT™ technology) ExxonMobil’s BenzOUT technology is a Group Technology category Brand Application commercially proven process technology EMTAM℠ Paraxylene production for the reduction of benzene in gasoline. TransPlus℠ 5 Heavy aromatics transalkylation Developed by ExxonMobil and licensed by PxMax℠ Selective toluene disproportionation Badger Licensing LLC, BenzOUT can MTDP-3 Toluene disproportionation operate as a grassroots unit or can be Xylenes retrofitted into existing equipment, such Chemical XyMax℠ -2 Xylenes isomerization as polygas units. This unique process LPI Liquid phase xylene isomerization advantage helps refiners meet benzene Olgone℠ Aromatics treatment regulations, while maximizing their return EBMax℠ (ethylbenzene) Benzene alkylation on investment. Benzene alkylation Cumene Benzene alkylation * Hydroprocessing Gas treating FLEXSORB™ Gas treating Gas (SCANfining™ technology) Synthetic fuels MTG Synthetic fuels ExxonMobil’s SCANfining technology is MSDW™ Lube base stock dewaxing a cost-effective solution for meeting the low-sulfur requirements of gasoline. Jointly MAXSAT™ Lube base stock hydrofinishing developed by ExxonMobil and Albemarle, Lubes MWI™ Wax dewaxing this hydroprocessing technology removes Nebula Specialty hydrotreating sulfur, lowers hydrogen consumption and RHC/RHT Specialty hydrotreating minimizes octane loss. Refining MIDW™ Diesel dewaxing BenzOUT™ Fuel production Sulfuric acid alkylation ExxonMobil’s proven sulfuric acid alkylation Fuels SCANfining™ Hydroprocessing technology helps refiners increase their Sulfuric Acid Alkylation Sulfuric acid alkylation crude barrel value. By reacting isobutene Nebula® Specialty hydrotreating with propylene, butylene and pentylene, this Celestia™ Specialty hydrotreating process forms alkylate — a superior gasoline * blendstock that offers high octane and low Resid conversion FLEXICOKING™ Resid conversion vapor pressure. * All EM technologies use a catalyst except for FLEXICOKING and FLEXSORB
Resid conversion Specialty Hydrotreating (Nebula® and Celestia is a second-generation bulk-metal opportunities such as increased feed rate, (FLEXICOKING™ technology) Celestia™ catalysts) catalyst. It has the highest activity of any cycle length and improved product quality.
ExxonMobil’s FLEXICOKING technology Nebula is a commercially proven bulk-metal catalyst in the hydroprocessing industry. converts a range of heavy, low-value feeds catalyst that provides high-activity hydrotreating. Through unprecedented hydrodesulferization, The Nebula and Celestia catalysts are often to higher-value products in a competitive, Jointly developed by ExxonMobil and hydrodenitrogenation and aromatic saturation deployed together in stacked configurations, cost-effective, flexible and environmentally Albemarle, the Nebula catalyst has been activity, Celestia™ catalyst can provide step-out which can lead to significant performance friendly solution with virtually no coke. successfully applied in many hydroprocessing performance and operational flexibility. improvement over other supported catalysts. ExxonMobil’s operations experience, low-cost applications, from naphtha hydrotreating to design and continuous innovation enable hydrocracking pretreatment since 2001. The higher activity of the Celestia catalyst significant long-term economic value. allows refiners to simultaneously benefit from Technology leadership in catalyst discovery and commercialization ExxonMobil has a long history of innovation in catalyst development and process technologies, and proven track record for converting its inventions into commercial reality. 1997 From its early pioneering work on fluid catalyst cracking units and zeolite technology through Selective toluene disproportionation numerous advanced technologies, ExxonMobil continues to demonstrate its leadership in Catalysts allow high paraxylene yields and innovation and commercialization. higher overall xylenes yields without the need 2015 for in-situ regeneration Liquid Phase Isomerization (LPI) Xylenes isomerization process that operates at low temperature with less xylene losses than vapor phase technology. 1975 1983 Significant energy savings 1998 from low temperature Alkylaromatics synthesis FLEXSORB™ operation and elimination Transalkylation Nickel-containing Gas treating of boiling and condensation to xylenes zeolite catalysts technology utilizing operations enable production of proprietary hindered Catalyst enables + alkylaromatic compounds amines for selective upgrading of C9 EMTAM™ removal of H2 in the aromatics to xylenes S A breakthrough presence of CO 1995 and benzene 2 technology which Liquid phase alkylation maximizes production Advanced catalysts for of valuable paraxylene ethylbenzene and cumene product while lowering production serve over 50 feed and energy costs applications 1999 MIDW™ 2007 Hydroisomerization of Celestia™ OlgoneSM light distillates to produce An ultra-high activity 1958 1962 1985 Advanced catalyst low temperature diesel hydroprocessing Sulfuric Acid Alkylation Zeolite catalytic Methanol-to-gasoline that accomplishes the 1979 catalyst, developed in Process that primarily cracking ZSM-5 catalyst selective removal of Vapor phase MSDW™ partnership with Albemarle, reacts butylene with Selective cracking material can play a key 1990 olefins and diolefins ethylbenzene Hydroisomerization for increased flexibility iso-butane to form of gas oils greatly 1967 role in methanol-to- MCM-41 from aromatic streams ZSM-5 catalyst enables of distillates and and profitability, providing high octane alkylate improves the octane Zeolite beta discovery gasoline processes, invention the alkylation of benzene hydro-processed oils to step-out performance, for gasoline blending value of gasoline The second zeolite which allow the use of An advanced to ethylbenzene, and produce lube base stocks feed flexibility and reduced catalyst in the ZSM natural gas from remote molecular sieve allows the production (Catalytic dewaxing was energy costs series of catalysts with areas to be utilized to with tunable of styrene and styrene discovered in 1977) a three-dimensional make liquid fuels mesopore derivatives structure of 12-ring pores diameters
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would become a key catalytic to lighter oils substantially C8-rich feedstocks MCM-22, with a 3-D structure catalyst representing a great of benzene in gasoline process for the removal of sulfur increasing production of to orthoxylene featuring 12-ring surface step forward since the blend components, and improving quality of gasoline and diesel from and paraxylene pockets, enables highly beginning of hydroprocessing thus reducing benzene distillates, lubes and waxes crude oil shape-selective chemistry catalyst development in the in gasoline
(NiMo/Al2O3 catalyst) with minimal coking for 1950’s. Jointly developed by 1977 aromatic processes ExxonMobil and Albemarle, Fluid coking 1976 Catalytic dewaxing it is especially suitable Fluidized coking technology Advanced zeolite catalysts 1996 for ultra-deep desulfurization, FLEXICOKING™ for resid conversion allowing 1963 for selective dewaxing of Selective lube denitrogenation and Combines fluid coking for a continuous coking ZSM-5 discovery diesel fuel can improve dewaxing dearomatization at with air blown fluid bed process and solid coke removal ZSM-5 (Zeolite low-temperature Specially designed medium to high pressures coke gasification to (Martin De Witt) Socony Mobil) is performance zeolite catalysts produce high value liquids an aluminosilicate selectively isomerize SCANfining™ and clean burning fuel gas zeolite catalyst for long-chain paraffins, ExxonMobil’s hydroprocessing completing shape- significantly increasing design utilizing catalyst selective chemistry with base stock yields technology jointly developed minimal coking — a with Albemarle allows for revolutionary discovery sulfur removal with minimum for many refining and octane loss chemical processes Realizing the benefits of continuous innovation
ExxonMobil invests more than Continuous innovation and investment Field-tested, insight-driven the insights that have been developed from $1 billion annually into research ExxonMobil’s research and development ExxonMobil occupies a unique position many years of global technical experiences, efforts support a program of continuous as both a developer of technology and a as customized to meet their specific needs. and development. Innovation improvement in performance and process commercial user. Catalysts and technologies In addition, ExxonMobil and its technology begins at ExxonMobil’s Corporate optimization. Innovation begins at developed within ExxonMobil research licensing partners can provide combined Strategic Research Center, where ExxonMobil’s Corporate Strategic Research laboratories are field-tested at the technical and commercial solutions that new catalysts and technologies are Center, where new catalysts and processes company’s refining and chemical production assist in meeting customers’ production and efficiency goals, such as process discovered and their development are discovered, developed and tested. facilities. Insights gained inside ExxonMobil ExxonMobil was one of the first companies plants regarding use and performance modification, expansions and new accelerated. to pioneer the use of high throughput enable further optimization of the products production facilities. experimentation to accelerate catalyst and processes. ExxonMobil can then bring development. The extensive experience these catalysts and technologies to their Worldwide logistics built by ExxonMobil researchers over many customers. For many years, ExxonMobil has years has resulted in an efficient and coordinated with its customers to reliably effective innovation process. Successful customer relationships supply catalysts and process technologies ExxonMobil highly values relationships with all over the world. Using a responsive global customers. ExxonMobil routinely meets with supply chain, ExxonMobil continues to customers throughout the process to achieve operational excellence. Along with identify opportunities to improve operation our technology licensing partners, we can and to discuss future expansions and needs, provide engineering and logistics support including the latest catalyst products and at every step of the way. technologies. Customers can benefit from Where common challenges meet shared solutions. Contact us to see how our experience can work for you.
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