ExxonMobil and Hamon Research-Cottrell Sign a License and Sublicensing Agreement for ExxonMobil's State-of-the-Art FCCU Emissions Control Technology

March 21, 2003 at 8:03 AM EST
FAIRFAX, Va. & SOMERVILLE, N.J., Mar 21, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) and Hamon Research-Cottrell (HRC) announced today the signing of a license and sublicensing agreement to provide ExxonMobil's Wet Gas Scrubbing (WGS) technology to sublicensees of HRC. This announcement follows a recent agreement between EMRE and HRC for the licensing of THERMAL DeNOx(TM) technology, another ExxonMobil environmental offering.

ExxonMobil's Wet Gas Scrubbing technology allows refiners to reliably meet Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) particulate and SOx emission targets with a well-proven technology. Wet Gas Scrubbing removes particulates and SO2 by scrubbing them from the FCCU flue gas stream through contact with a water based liquid in a venturi system. After separation from the scrubbing liquid, the clean flue gas is vented to the atmosphere and the liquid is further processed to dispose of the particulates in an environmentally acceptable manner. The Wet Gas Scrubbing system needs a very small onsite plot space allowing for flexible placement.

Wet Gas Scrubbing can be retrofitted into all full-burn and partial-burn FCCs, even those with first generation CO boilers and/or those operating at very low flue gas pressure. ExxonMobil's Wet Gas Scrubbing can be designed to operate at the lowest pressure drop of any commercial scrubber.

HRC has almost 100 years of experience in providing air pollution control equipment to a wide range of industries, and has earned a global leadership position in air pollution control equipment technology and services.

The ExxonMobil/HRC alliance allows HRC's experience and capabilities to design and execute air pollution control projects in the refining industry to be paired with EMRE's technology in a seamless manner.

ExxonMobil has over three decades of experience in the commercial application of their Wet Gas Scrubbing technology. The robustness of these units is such that even the early generation designs continue to perform reliably today. ExxonMobil's operating experience with Wet Gas Scrubbing has brought improvements in recent years which have translated to a reduction of capital costs while maintaining the unit's integrity, top performance and reliability.

EMRE is the research and engineering arm of ExxonMobil, a leading global oil, natural gas, and petrochemicals company whose subsidiaries have operations in nearly 200 countries and territories. Additional information regarding ExxonMobil and technologies it licenses can be found at http://www.exxonmobil.com/refiningtechnologies.

Hamon Research-Cottrell is a global leader in air pollution control technology and services. A member of the worldwide Hamon Group, which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Hamon Research-Cottrell has almost 100 years experience in providing capital equipment to a wide range of industries including power generation, petrochemical, glass, pulp, paper, metals and cement. For more information on Hamon Research-Cottrell, visit www.hamon.com. 

CONTACT:          ExxonMobil
                  Barry Wood, 908/474-6229
                  or
                  Hamon Research-Cottrell
                  Neil Dahlberg, 617/244-5613

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