The expansion of Axens Catalyst Arabia Limited (ACAL) comprises an additional capacity for Axens to manufacture Tail Gas Treatment Catalyst on the site

Axens completed the expansion of its Axens Catalyst Arabia Limited site, aimed at providing local and regional partners with the latest Tail Gas Treatment Catalysts, in addition to the site’s legacy catalyst hydroprocessing manufacturing capacity. Today, Axens is the first and only company to produce Tail Gas Treatment Catalysis in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East to serve the Oil & Gas sector.

Through this milestone, Axens further accelerates consolidating its capacity to serve its regional customers to meet regulatory requirements and maximize Sulphur Recovery by up to 99.9% and therefore minimizing SOx emission. Now operational, Axens’ ACAL Tail Gas Treatment Catalyst production site is supplying the region refining and gas industries with the latest generation of Axens’ Tail Gas Catalysis, that capable of operating at lower temperature than conventional catalysts, and resulting in minimum energy consumption and minimum CAPEX.

In combination with its Claus catalysts, Axens excels in efficiency and reliability, offering the most advanced solutions for sulfur recovery and emissions reduction ensuring high recovery rates, operational flexibility, and compliance with the most stringent environmental regulations.

About Axens

The Axens Group offers a complete range of solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass into cleaner fuels, the production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates, the chemical recycling of plastics, natural gas treatment and conversion options, water treatment and carbon capture. Axens’ offer includes technologies, equipment, furnaces, modular units, catalysts, adsorbents and related services. Axens is ideally positioned to cover the entire value chain, from feasibility studies to start-up and monitoring of units throughout their lifecycle. This unique position guarantees optimum performance and a reduced environmental footprint. Axens' international offering is based on highly qualified human resources, modern production facilities and an extensive global network for industrial, technical support and sales services. Axens is an IFP Energies Nouvelles Group company.