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.
Axens has expanded its ACAL site in Saudi Arabia, becoming the first in the Middle East to produce Tail Gas Treatment Catalysts.
This enables up to 99.9 per cent sulfur recovery and reduced SOx emissions, while boosting local content and energy efficiency.
The site now supplies advanced, low-temperature catalysts for the region’s refining and gas industries.
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.
Abdulkareem ALYAMI, ACAL’s Managing Director said: “As the first company to now be able to produce Tail Gas Treatment Catalyst from the Middle East, this site expansion is a testament to Axens’ commitment to local content and promoting the local industry capacity. With this addition to Axens’ local portfolio, the ACAL expansion project is for Axens Group another initiative to support our customers handling their sustainability journey in the field of energy efficiency, in line with our 2023 CSR Report United Nations Sustainable Goals roadmap objectives. Axens Group will continue to explore with our customers opportunities to enhance our offer as well as promote the local economy and support Saudi’s Vision with our Made in Saudi portfolio.”
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