Shell Global Solutions provides technical consultancy and licensed technologies for both the Shell Group and external customers within the energy industry. Shell Global Solutions strives to deliver innovative technical solutions and effective technology to support its customers in their day-to-day operations and delivery of strategic plans to improve the capacity and performance of existing units; integrate new process units into existing refineries and petrochemical complexes; incorporate advanced proprietary catalyst systems (CRI/Criterion) and reactor internals; through to the design of grassroots refineries.

Criterion is the world’s largest supplier of hydroprocessing catalysts, which includes catalysts for hydrotreating, hydrocracking, hydrogenation and isomerization. We offer a variety of process technologies that can be packaged with our catalysts to create a complete, optimized solution for any hydroprocessing problem or supplied independently. We have more than 50 years of experience developing, manufacturing, testing, marketing and servicing catalysts that are used in every type of hydroprocessing operation. Together with Shell Global Solutions we deliver innovative technical solutions and effective technology to support our customers across multiple refining applications.

Axens is an international provider of high technology content processes, products and services to the refining, petrochemical and gas industries. Axens is recognized as a worldwide technology benchmark for clean fuels production, aromatics production and purification, conversion processes and sulfur-recovery catalysts via the Claus process.

Actively preparing for the future, we aim to be a leader in the alternative fuels: vegetable oils to diesel, high-quality distillates from direct coal liquefaction and liquid products through the conversion of synthesis gas from various feedstocks (natural gas, biomass and coal).

Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), a joint venture between W. R. Grace & Co. and Chevron U.S.A, is a leading global supplier of hydroprocessing catalysts, including fixed-bed, onstream catalyst replacement (OCR) and ebullating bed products, designed for processing resid feedstocks. ART also offers a full line of distillate catalysts used in processing ultra-low sulfur content gasoline and diesel fuel, including the StART^®, SmART Catalyst System^® Series and ApART^® catalyst systems, which are customized for individual refiners.