Project Profile
Value: Undisclosed
Location: Santa Cruz, Brazil
Capacity/Output: Fluid catalytic cracking catalysts.
The new facility will complement existing production of fluid catalytic cracking catalysts.
Albemarle will provide FCC with its technology for the manufacture of HPC, enabling the production of STARS catalysts, which have enabled the broad implementation of the most stringent sulfur specifications in fuels in North America, Western Europe and Japan.
The plant will be constructed ahead of significant demand growth for hydroprocessing catalysts, as Brazil begins to implement more stringent specifications for ultra-low-sulfur diesel and as Petrobras begins to introduce new hydrotreaters to existing and new refineries over the coming years. Albemarle will provide FCC SA with its leading technology for the manufacture of HPC, enabling the production of STARS catalysts, which have enabled the broad implementation of the most stringent sulfur specifications in fuels in North America, Western Europe and Japan. The plant will be ideally placed to serve growing needs for HPC in South America.
In 2008, UOP LLC signed a technology cooperation agreement with Petrobras and Albemarle Corp. to demonstrate and further commercialise its catalytic crude upgrading (CCU) process technology.
Operators:
Petrobras: Operator
Albemarle Corporation
Contractors:
UOP LLC: Technology cooperation agreement