Axens to license ExxonMobil acid alkylation technology

摘要

Axens has signed an agreement with ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing to sublicense the latter's sulphuric acid alkylation technology.Under the agreement,both companies will market and distribute all technologies for high-octane gasoline production.The technologies to be accessible under the agreement include Axens feed preparation,or’alkyfining',n-butane isom-erisation and ExxonMobil's sulphuric acid alkylation,which reacts propylene,butyl-ene and pentylene with isobutane to form high-value alkylate for gasoline blending.Axens will offer the technologies under a single licence and engineering agreement.