REFINING CHEMICALS.

The article reports on the search for technology beyond fluid catalytic crackers (FCC), the components of most oil refineries where raw materials are being sourced for the petrochemical industry. More zeolite catalysts such as ZSM-5 are used in high-olefin catalytic cracking than by FCC units. A PetroFCC unit will be installed by engineering firm UOP at Petron's refinery in the Philippines for the production of propylene from vacuum gas oil in 2008.