Evolution of Refining and Petrochemicals: What is the Place of Zeolites*

Evolution of Refining and Petrochemicals: What is the Place of Zeolites — The first part of this paper presents the evolution of the refining and petrochemical industries during the last two or three decades and the principal trends of their evolution in the medium and long run. Then, it describes some important deals that both industries have and will have to cope with. The second part gives some information on the market of catalysts for refining and petrochemicals. It presents the market of zeolites for various industrial applications (detergency, sorption/drying and catalysis) and details their applications in refining and petrochemicals. Then, it describes the probable evolution of the market of zeolites in the medium run and, at last, lists some examples of possible opportunities for zeolites to bring significant progress in catalysis and sorption applied to refining and petrochemicals.