Fluid Catalytic Cracking

Catalytic breakdown of long-chain hydrocarbons into small-chain hydrocarbons for maximizing light distillate yields in refineries.

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The fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) is one of the most important secondary refining processes for fuel production in the oil and gas industry today, a status the technology has maintained since the 1940s. However, as a mature and standardized technology, the FCC is also under the threat of gradually transforming into a sunk cost as demand for gasoline wanes in the decades ahead, unless new ...

What's New

Lux Research analysts and the Lux Intelligence Engine have added the following recent fluid catalytic cracking developments.

News Commentaries

W.R. Grace acquires catalyst developer Rive Technology; a first in the fluid catalytic cracking space in years (June 17, 2019)

Nigerian company launches "cold desulfurization" to ride the hype wave around IMO 2020 (May 16, 2019)

New Lux Content

Bridging the Gap: From Refining to Petrochemicals (July 6, 2019)

Rive Technology (June 17, 2019)

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Related companies Auterra, Siluria Technologies, QID Nanotechnologies, Rive Technology, Compact Membrane Systems, Imtex Membranes, Zeopore Technologies, Framergy

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