Shale oil processing

Convert shale oil into high-quality transportation fuels

Shale oil from retorting of oil shale rock display various characteristics depending on the origin. Generally shale oil has high density, and contains a large number of contaminants, including fines, oxygen, aromatics, arsenic, chloride, olefins, and diolefins. Combined, these factors pose tough challenges in terms of meeting cetane, density, and other product specifications and protecting catalysts and equipment from fouling.

With dedicated laboratories, pilot testing facilities, process designs, reactor internals, and performance catalysts, Topsoe has the comprehensive expertise and experience it takes to convert shale oil into high-quality transportation fuels.

TK-609 HyBRIM™ catalyst

This high-activity NiMo catalyst is outstanding for use as a first-stage catalyst in hydrocracking units, where medium HDN of straight-run and cracked fractions in the VGO range is essential.

TK-931 catalyst

This catalyst is a low zeolitic NiW catalyst with high selectivity for middle distillates. It provides excellent middle distillate yield with low overcracking.

TK-941 catalyst

TK-941 has a high selectivity to middle distillates. It can be used in applications where high cracking activity and high middle distillate yield are required, and where high light-ends yield is ...

TK-951 catalyst

TK-951 is a high-activity hydrocracking catalyst, providing optimum diesel and naphtha yields, while minimizing overcracking.

TK-961 catalyst

TK-961 is a zeolitic NiW based hydrocracking catalyst with very high activity and a very high nitrogen tolerance.

TK-611 HyBRIM™ catalyst

This high-activity NiMo catalyst is outstanding for use as a first-stage catalyst in hydrocracking units, where maximum HDN of straight-run and cracked fractions in the VGO range is essential.

TK-6001 HySwell™ catalyst

An ultra high-activity NiMo catalyst for maximum volume swell. It is outstanding as a first-stage catalyst in hydrocracking units, where removal of nitrogen and density improvement is key.

Catalyst support

Our Catalyst Support is designed to support the combined weight of the catalyst, support material and oil. It can also withstand pressure drop over the catalyst bed during the entire catalyst ...

Inlet diffuser

Our Inlet Diffusers are designed to uniformly deliver gas and liquid to the distribution tray below, while keeping the liquid on the tray level.

Scale catcher

Our Scale Catching technology is a cost effective solution to delay pressure drop development and significantly increase unit utilization. Also reduces the amount of top grading material needed.

Outlet collector

Our Outlet Collector ensures even flow distribution in the bottom bed to maximize catalyst utilization and prevents bed migration to downstream piping and equipment.

Quench mixer

Our Quench Mixer ensures efficient mixing of catalyst bed effluents from both above and from the cold quench stream.

Redistribution tray

Our Redistribution Tray ensures uniform redistribution of the mixer effluents to the catalyst bed.

Distributor tray

Our Vapor Lift Distributor Tray (VLT) ensures uniform distribution of liquid and gas over the entire cross section area of the catalyst bed.

Revamping hydroprocessing units

We provide support throughout all phases of the project – from the initial idea phase to systems to solution integration and even start-up. We’ll confirm that your units meet all specifications ...

Topsoe shale oil processing technology

With dedicated laboratories, pilot testing facilities, process designs, reactor internals, and performance catalysts, we have the comprehensive expertise and experience it takes to convert shale ...

Applications within this area

Spent lube processing

Our portfolio of catalysts offer high tolerance to feed contaminants, while dramatically lowering aromatics and sulfur content in the feed. Our re-refining can even improve cloud point and...

Coal tar processing

Our coal tar processing technology offers the possibility of on-site tar upgrading from coke ovens and coal gasifiers to high-quality, low-sulfur diesel, naphtha, and lube oil base.

Fischer-Tropsch wax upgrading

Traditionally considered a waste product and often burnt off in pollution-causing gas flares, associated, stranded, shale gas, and similar gases can now be monetized by conversion into saleable...

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