Petroleum Refining Process and Catalyst Analysis

Petroleum refining catalyst testing and pilot plant research.

Intertek supports petroleum refining with pilot plants, catalyst testing, and other refining process and evaluation capabilities to support and optimize refining and process catalysis requirements. Pilot plant and supporting laboratory services help small to large scale, batch and continuous process projects. Intertek's process and catalyst related services benefit the petroleum and chemical refining, production and processing industries.

Pilot plant, process and catalyst expertise:  

• Refinery Pilot Plant and Catalyst Services
• Petroleum Pilot Plant Services 
• Petrochemical and Other Pilot Plant Applications 
• Catalyst Evaluation and Testing 
• Catalyst Characterisation 

Process evaluation and optimization expertise: 

• Sulfiding Activation, Sulfur Speciation, Desulfurization
• Atmospheric and Vacuum Fractionation
• Petroleum Crude Oil Assays 
• Simulated Crude Oil Assays 
• Petroleum Pilot Plant Distillation and Fractionation Services 
• Desalting of Crude Oils 
• Dewaxing
• Deasphalting (SDA)
• Asphaltenes Characterization
• Solvent Extraction
• Pilot Plant for Thermal Conversion of Heavy Fuels 
• Fluid Catalytic Cracking and Processing (FCC)
• Delayed Coking, Thermal Cracking, Visbreaking
• Fixed-Bed Catalytic Processing
• Bulk Composition of Catalysts 
• Catalyst Evaluation and Screening 
  • Catalyst Surface Area and Porosity 
  • Catalyst Poisoning Testing  
   
• Reforming, Isomerization
• Nitrogen Speciation, Denitrogenation
• Demetallation
• Aromatics Saturation
• Fuels Hydrocracking, Lube Hydrocracking
• Catalyst Dewaxing, Wax Isomerization
• Hydrofinishing, Hydrogenation
• ATB/VTB Resid Hydroprocessing
• Petrochemical Processing Applications
• Interstage Sampling and Analyses
• Cold Flow Modeling
• Non-Hydroprocessing Applications
• Detailed Hydrocarbon Analysis 
• Full Petroleum and Refined Products Analyses

Intertek's Pilot Plant and Catalyst laboratory support network provides comprehensive turn-key services to clients on a global basis.

Contact us to see how Intertek can help your organization with Petroleum Refining Process and Catalyst Analysis.