Axens
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| Public limited company (S.A.) with a board of directors | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Manufacture of other chemical products: Refining, petrochemicals, gas, renewable energy and alternative energy, water |
| Founded 📆 | June 2001..:[1][2]. |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , 89 boulevard Franklin Roosevelt, 92500 Rueil-Malmaison , France[3] |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Jean Sentenac (since February 20, 2002)[3] |
| Products 📟 | Licensor, catalysts, adsorbents, process furnaces, equipment, services, gas treatment, purification and water treatment |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 2400 (2019) |
| 🌐 Website | http://www.axens.net |
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Axens is a French company in the energy sector, which operates on the refining, petrochemicals, gas treatment, renewable energy (fuels and petrochemical intermediates such as para-xylene, possibly renewable and alternative energy sources) and water markets[4].
Operating out of 15 countries, it supplies technologies (licensor), equipment, furnaces, modular units, products (catalysts and adsorbents), digital applications, and services (technical assistance, consultancy, training) for these markets[5].
It also develops solutions for the purification of remediation water and the treatment of drinking water.
Axens was created in 2001 by the IFP Energies nouvelles (previously Institut Français du Pétrole) through the merger of the latter's industrial department with Procatalyse[2].
History[edit]
Origins[edit]
In 1955, the Institut Français du Pétrole started its first licensed unit. In 1959, Procatalyse[6], a joint subsidiary of the Institut Français du Pétrole and Pechiney was founded. On 30 June 2001, Procatalyse and the Industrial Division of IFP Energies nouvelles merged to create Axens[2].
Development[edit]
Axens has experienced continuous growth since its inception[7]. Alongside its French production site in Salindres (Gard)[8], the company's growth has been driven in particular by the acquisition of production sites. In 2010, Axens acquired Rio Tinto Alcan's activated alumina production site in Brockville, Canada[9][10]; in 2011, Axens acquired the Criterion reforming catalyst production site in Willow Island, USA[11][12]; in 2016, Axens acquired Scutter Enterprises' O'Fallon production site in the USA[13]. In 2016, Axens inaugurated its Axens Catalysts Arabia Ltd. production site at Dammam in Saudi Arabia[14]. In 2016, Axens files a friendly takeover bid for the shares of the French engineering company Heurtey Petrochem[15]. On 26 July 2018, Axens held 97.5% of the shares of Heurtey Petrochem[16][17], and launched its squeeze-out offer: it has held 100% since then[18]. At the same time, Axens acquired 50% of the capital of Eurecat. The legal merger of the French entities of Axens and Heurtey Petrochem has been effective since 1 January 2019[19].
Operations[edit]
Axens, through its 3 brands (Axens Solutions, Heurtey Petrochem Solutions and Axens Horizon)[19] is developing its operations in five areas:
Refining[edit]
Axens operates throughout the entire chain of applications of the petroleum refining. It offers processes for basic engineering of units and produces catalysts and adsorbents[20].
Example: hydrotreatment[edit]
As a result of the tightening of regulations concerning the content of sulphur of fuels, Axens has developed processes for hydrotreatment[21] such as Prime-G+ for FCC gasoline (catalytic cracking at fluidized bed), Prime-D for diesel and Prime-K for kerosene.
Example: catalytic cracking[edit]
The catalytic cracking at fluid bed is a refining process patented by Eugène Houdry in 1928 and intended to transform petroleum heavy ends into lighter hydrocarbons, used in the composition of fuels. Since its discovery, this process has evolved significantly to improve performance and profitability and to process increasingly heavy crude oil. The FCC Alliance, founded in 1977, brings together four partners (IFPEN, Axens, Total and Technip Stone & Webster Process Technology), and was responsible for 60 process licenses worldwide in 2015 as well as 250 projects to modernize existing units[22].
Petrochemicals[edit]
Axens provides technology to the petrochemicals sector, in particular in the fields of production and purification of olefins, cyclohexane, butene[23][24], benzene[25][26], toluene and para-xylene[27].
Gas[edit]
Axens is active in the following markets: • Processes for natural gas treatment, purification and processing of natural gas[28] (catalysts for desulphurization of natural gas, molecular sieves for drying various impurities, demercurization adsorbents, production of fuels from natural gas: Fischer-Tropsch technology[29][30]) • Refinery gas treatment: Claus process • Industrial gas processing: adsorbents for compressed air drying and in air separation units.
Renewable and alternative energy[edit]
Axens offers processes for the transformation of biomass into biofuels. Futurol technology allows the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass[31]. The Atol process, developed in partnership with IFP Energies nouvelles and Total, produces dehydration from first- and second-generation bioethanol[30]. The Vegan technology produces biofuels by hydrotreating of vegetable oils and fats[32]. Total is using it for its la Mède biorefinery project[33][34].
Water[edit]
Axens offers adsorbents (aluminas) dedicated to the purification and decontamination of water from industrial sites (elimination of zinc, copper, arsenic, fluoride and phosphates) and drinking water treatment.
Brands[edit]
Axens Group owns three trademarks[35]
• Axens Solutions, for the sale of process licenses, modular units and catalysts and adsorbents
• Heurtey Petrochem Solutions, for furnace sales and modernization[36]
• Axens Horizon, for audit and consulting services, digitalization services, and air preheaters
Organization[edit]
Key people[edit]
Jean Sentenac has been CEO of Axens since 2002[37][38]
In France[edit]
The head office of Axens has been located in France, in Rueil-Malmaison since its inception in 2001. Axens also has a production site at Salindres (Gard)[8] in Occitania and a team on the IFP Energies nouvelles research site at Solaize in the Rhône-Alpes region[39]
Entities[edit]
The Axens Group is organized into business units, geographical subsidiaries and support functions.
Business units[edit]
• Licensor: licensing and process engineering as well as associated services and products for new licensed units.
• Catalysts and adsorbents[40]: manufacturing and marketing.
• Advanced solutions and services[41]: design and construction of modular units and furnaces[5], air preheaters, digitization (advanced control, online optimization, digitization of services[42]), operator training simulators and operational assistance, performance improvement studies, auditing and consulting for refineries.
Geographical entities[edit]
• USA: Axens North America Inc. (Houston Office, Princeton Office, Willow Island Manufacturing Site, Calvert City Manufacturing Site, Savannah Manufacturing Site, O’Fallon Manufacturing Site)[43], Petro-Chem Development Co, Inc (Houston Office, Tulsa Office, PFR Engineering Systems[44], Santa Fe Springs Office)[45]
• Romania: Heurtey Petrochem Romania Srl.[46], Heurtey Petrochem Manufacturing S.A.[47]
• Brazil: Heurtey Petrochem Brasil Ltda.
• Bahrain: Axens Middle East Spc.[48]
• Canada: Axens Canada Speciality Aluminas Inc.[49]
• China: Axens Beijing Trading Co.[50], Heurtey Petrochem Technology (Beijing) Ltd.[51]
• Korea: Petro-Chem Korea Co., Ltd.[51]
• India: Axens India Private Ltd.[52], Heurtey Petrochem India Private Ltd.[53], POR Manufacturing Site (Vadodara District)[54]
• Japan: Axens Far East KK[55]
• Malaysia: Axens South East Asia Sdn Bhd.[56]
• Russia: Axens Vostok, L.L.C. Heurtey Petrochem Rus.[57]
• Saudi Arabia: Axens Catalysts Arabia Ltd[58]
References[edit]
- ↑ "At A Glance". www.axens.net.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Merger creates Axens". ICIS Explore.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "IFP Group". IFPEN.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Nos partenaires - Axens". Elles bougent.
- ↑ "Axens banks on technological innovations for more eco-efficient fuel production". South China Morning Post. March 29, 2018.
- ↑ chimie, Info (August 1, 2017). "Axens : « Nous sommes une entreprise française qui contribue à la balance commerciale du pays »" – via www.info-chimie.fr.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "3 questions to Axens Salindres plant director Henri Thomas". www.digitalrefining.com.
- ↑ "Rio Tinto Alcan to sell its Brockville activated aluminas business". www.newswire.ca.
- ↑ "Axens to acquire activated alumina business". August 4, 2010.
- ↑ "Axens to acquire Criterion's Catalytic Reforming Catalyst Business". www.euro-petrole.com.
- ↑ "Axens Symphony™ reforming catalysts". www.digitalrefining.com.
- ↑ "Axens to Expand its Sulfur Abatement Portfolio". www.euro-petrole.com.
- ↑ "Axens to build catalyst manufacturing plant in KSA". Refining & Petrochemicals Middle East.
- ↑ "Axens intends to acquire Heurtey Petrochem". October 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Draft Squeeze out Offer Filed by Axens on Heurtey Petrochem Shares". www.businesswire.com. June 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Axens acquisition of Heurtey Petrochem progresses". www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com.
- ↑ "Refining and Petrochemicals World (RPW), Thailand 2020". www.thaichacha.com.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Axens continues its development and takes on a new identity". www.digitalrefining.com.
- ↑ "Axens continues its development and takes on a new identity". www.euro-petrole.com.
- ↑ Alan E. Comyns, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Named Processes in Chemical Technology, Fourth Edition, Boca Raton (Fla.), CRC Press, 2014, 416 p. (ISBN 978-1-4665-6776-4 Search this book on
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- ↑ "Our solutions". IFPEN.
- ↑ "Axens Wins 1-Butene Project in Azerbaijan | CHEManager". www.chemanager-online.com.
- ↑ "SOCAR selects Axens technology for its GPC project in Azerbaijan". www.gasprocessingnews.com.
- ↑ "Axens awarded ParamaX complex for aromatics production for SOCAR Turkey's future site". www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com.
- ↑ "Axens Awarded ParamaX Complex for Aromatics Production for SOCAR Turkey's Future Site in Turkey". www.euro-petrole.com.
- ↑ "Axens Awarded the First Crude-to-Paraxylene Complex in China". www.euro-petrole.com.
- ↑ "Axens acquires a stake in Arol Energy - Chemical Engineering | Page 1". March 5, 2019.
- ↑ Boyer, C.; Gazarian, J.; Lecocq, V.; Maury, S.; Forret, A.; Schweitzer, J. M.; Souchon, V. (May 1, 2016). "Development of the Fischer-Tropsch Process: From the Reaction Concept to the Process Book". Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Revue d’IFP Energies nouvelles. 71 (3): 44. doi:10.2516/ogst/2015032 – via ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Our solutions". IFPEN.
- ↑ "2G Ethanol: Futurol technology is almost on the market". INRAE Institutionnel.
- ↑ https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2013/05/ocl130004.pdf
- ↑ "Total to convert La Mède refinery to biodiesel plant". www.constructionboxscore.com.
- ↑ "Biodiesel Magazine - The Latest News and Data About Biodiesel Production". www.biodieselmagazine.com.
- ↑ "Digital Refining - Axens". www.digitalrefining.com.
- ↑ "Heurtey Petrochem Solutions sur Europétrole". www.euro-petrole.com.
- ↑ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "Jean Sentenac". www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com.
- ↑ "IFPEN". IFPEN.
- ↑ "Axens catalysts and adsorbents". www.digitalrefining.com.
- ↑ "Axens Connect'In™". www.digitalrefining.com.
- ↑ "Axens supplies monitoring service to MOL Group refinery". Hydrocarbon Engineering. June 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Meridian Energy Group Announces Selection of Axens North America, Inc". www.euro-petrole.com.
- ↑ "Three Questions for Thomas Grimaud, Executive Vice President Engineering & Solutions". Heurtey Petrochem Solutions. July 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Heurtey Petrochem of France steps-in North American market and acquires Petro-Chem Development Co of USA". www.euro-petrole.com.
- ↑ "Company HEURTEY PETROCHEM ROMANIA SRL tax code 12695017 from Romania". www.romanian-companies.eu.
- ↑ "Company HEURTEY PETROCHEM MANUFACTURING SA tax code 22796817 from Romania". www.romanian-companies.eu.
- ↑ "Top 10 Catalysts Companies". Oil & Gas Middle East.
- ↑ "Axens Canada | Member Directory | Brockville & District Chamber of Commerce". www.brockvillechamber.com.
- ↑ "Worldoils Oil and Gas Directory - Axens (Beijing) Trading Co Ltd, China , Oil & gas equipment suppliers". www.worldoils.com.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 "World Locator". Heurtey Petrochem Solutions.
- ↑ "AXENS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED | Indian Company Info". www.indiancompany.info.
- ↑ https://www.indiamart.com/heurtey-petrochem-pvtltd/
- ↑ "heurty petrochem, Vadodara - Manufacturer of Refining Plant and Petrochemicals Plants". IndiaMART.com.
- ↑ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com.
- ↑ "Launching of Axens South Asia Sdn Bhd". www.digitalrefining.com.
- ↑ PETERSBURG, Contact information for L. L. C. Heurtey Petrochem Rus Llc Address RENAISSANCE PLAZA 69-71 MARATA STREET ST; Petersburg 191119, Saint. "L.L.C Heurtey Petrochem Rus Llc, RENAISSANCE PLAZA 69-71 MARATA STREET ST. PETERSBURG, SAINT PETERSBURG 191119 | Buyer Report — Panjiva". panjiva.com.
- ↑ "STARC Saudi Trading & Research / JOINT VENTURES / AXENS CATALYSTS ARABIA LTD". www.starc.com.sa.
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