Grace FCC Catalyst Technology Update

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2014

Recent Grace Catalyst Developments

REsolution

EnhanceRPlatform

New holistic 2015

EnhanceR 4G

ACHIEVE® Series

NEKTOR-4G

ResidCrackeR- 4G

NADIUS-4G

ProtAgon-4G

MIDAS® in EMEA

High matrix bottoms cracking catalyst

Used in over 120 FCC’s globally

MIDAS®

REpLaCeR®

Rare-earth free FCC catalysts

Used in over 170 FCC’s

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MIDAS® Gold

Highest activity, deep conversion resid catalyst

Used in 7 FCC’s globally

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20032003 2005

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2011

REactoR

REduceR

ProgREss MIDAS® Gold

New holistic approach to catalyst design

Used in over 100 FCC’s in EMEA

2013

ACHIEVE ® 400

1G 2G 3G

NEKTOR NEKTOR-ULCC NaceR

NOMUS NOMUS-DMAX DieseliseR

NADIUS ProtAgon ResidCrackeR

2013

ACHIEVE® 400

Maximum octane and butyleneselectivity

Used in 3 FCC’s in N. America

MIDAS

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Next Generation of EnhanceR Catalysts

Grace has developed 4 th generation EnhanceR catalyst families, including:

NEKTOR-4G ResidCrackeR-4G Nadius-4G ProtAgon-4G

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Over 70% of all residue FCCUs in EMEA use Grace’s E nhanceR technology

Coke selecvityfor resid feeds

Bottoms upgrading for resid feeds

High activity for low metals

feeds

Propylene Maximisation

Higher DiffusivityMatrices

Flexible HydrogenTransfer

Dual ZeoliteTechnology

EnhanceR-4G builds on the success of ACHIEVE ®

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HigherActivity

Advanced MetalsTolerance

MIDAS® FCC Catalyst

� Commercially proven in over 120 refineries, over a range of feed qualities and metals levels

� Double the mesoporosity of competitive technologies delivers deep bottoms conversion

Catalyst

Hg-PV, cc/g

Micropores Mesopores Macropores

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Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for Technology Leadership

Catalyst Micropores Mesopores Macropores

Total 0-100Å 100-600Å 600+ Å

MIDAS® 0.389 0.092 0.206 0.091

MIDAS® 0.412 0.107 0.232 0.071

Cat 1 0.386 0.116 0.102 0.168

Cat 2 0.413 0.092 0.089 0.232

MIDAS® Gold

MIDAS® Gold Sets New Performance Standards

Designed to deliver

� Premium coke selectivity

� High unit conversion

� Lowest slurry yields

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Selective Bottoms Conversion and High Activity

Higher DiffusivityMatrices

Flexible HydrogenTransfer

Dual ZeoliteTechnology

Newest Grace FCC Catalyst Platform: ACHIEVE ®

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HigherActivity

Advanced MetalsTolerance

ACHIEVE® technologies enable formulation flexibility and opt imization

Innovative Market-Driven Catalytic Solutions

ACHIEVE® first launched to address challenges in the USA res ulting from shale/tight oil cracking

� Breakthrough technology, ACHIEVE® 400 boosts FCC naphtha octane and butylene yielding economic uplift ~$3-5M/yr

Expanding platform series for new market challenges

� ACHIEVE® 100 – High activity for light feedstocks

� ACHIEVE® 200 – Coke-selective bottoms conversion

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� ACHIEVE® 200 – Coke-selective bottoms conversion

� ACHIEVE® 300 – Octane and propylene selectivity

� ACHIEVE® 400 – Octane and butylene selectivity

� ACHIEVE® 800 – Maximum metals tolerance and resid conversion

Tailor Made Catalyst Formulas Allow You to ACHIEVE ® the Advantage

© 2014 W. R. Grace & Co.

ACHIEVE® 200 Trial at Refinery D

Refinery D FCCU Operation

• Design: UOP single stage regen., no cat cooler, full burn

• Feedstock - very heavy resid *: Specific gravity: 0.94 - 0.96

Conradson carbon: 4 - 7 wt%

• E-cat properties : MA: 52 - 62 wt%

V: 6,000 - 8,000 ppm

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Ni: 1,800 - 2,400 ppm

• Operation mode: maximum distillate (ROT: 509°C)

• Primary objective: maximize LCO to slurry ratio

• Main constraint: regenerator temperature

• Incumbent catalyst: moderate activity NEKTOR ULCC

ACHIEVE® 200 clearly improved bottoms upgrading

y = -0.259x + 31.545

y = -0.7267x + 67.608R² = 0.7615

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LCO BaseSlurry BaseLCO ACHIEVE-2000Slurry ACHIEVE-2000

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•Click to edit text stylesACHIEVE® 200 upgraded ~ 3 wt% bottoms into LCO

y = -0.259x + 31.545R² = 0.2957

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Ref. D: ACHIEVE ® 200 did not increase dry gas yield

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DRY GAS YIELD vs REACTOR TEMP.

BaseACHIEVE-2000

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ACHIEVE® 200 did not increase regenerator temperature

y = 140.83x + 603.34R² = 0.2341

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REGENERATOR TEMP. vs FEED SG

BaseACHIEVE-2000

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R² = 0.2341

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Grace Building the 1 st FCC Catalyst manufacturing plant in the Middle East

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• KIZAD (Abu Dhabi), May 1st 2014: Ground Breaking Ceremony

• Phase I construction underway March 2015

Expanding the Technical Services Team

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Stephane MontmassonMichel Melin Tom Burgess

Bringing expertise in Troubleshooting, Cold Eye Rev iews, FCC Process Simulation…

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Conclusions

Grace’s long history in innovation in FCC Catalysis continues�EnhanceR-4G�MIDAS-Gold�ACHIEVE®

Grace is investing in new FCC catalyst manufacturin g capacity globally

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capacity globally

Grace is expanding its Techncial Service to support refiners

EMEA FCC Catalyst Market Segment Share (MT/D)

Grace #1 FCC Catalyst Supplier