In the United States (US), sustainable technology company Anellotech Inc. has announced that it has renewed the site host and services agreement for its TCat-8 process development pilot plant, which is located in Silsbee, Texas (TX).
South Hampton Resources, Inc. (SHR), a subsidiary of Trecora Resources, (TREC), and Anellotech the renewal of their agreement for SHR to serve as site host and provide operations services for Anellotech’s TCat-8T process development pilot plant, which is located inside of SHR’s Silsbee, Texas production plant.
SHR owns and operates a 128-acre specialty petrochemicals facility at the Silsbee site in Texas. The company specializes in high purity hydrocarbons, other petrochemical manufacturing, and has a specialty wax facility, also located in Texas.
SHR provides custom processing services at both facilities.
Fruitful relationship
The company originally began its site hosting relationship with Anellotech in 2016 with Anellotech’s development of its Bio-TCat process for producing petrochemicals from wood.
The original services agreement between Anellotech and SHR allowed Anellotech to install and then operate the TCat-8 unit inside the SHR plant.
SHR also provides a range of site services, including the provision of fully-trained plant and control room operators to assist in routine operations of the highly instrumented and automated plant, as well as maintenance services.
First biobased PET bottles
This has allowed Anellotech’s engineers to focus on the Bio-TCat research program, which featured more than 5 000 hours of successful TCat-8 pilot plant operation, producing tonne quantities of benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) aromatic product from pine wood feedstock, and obtaining the data necessary for process design and commercialization.
I am delighted to announce the renewal of our site host and operations services agreement with Anellotech. SHR and Anellotech have enjoyed a very productive relationship under our original agreement resulting in their successful launch of the TCat-8 process, said Patrick Quarles, President & CEO of Trecora Resources.
The TCat-8 unit produced the bio-p-Xylene that was used by Suntory Group, a global consumer beverage company, to make 100 percent biobased polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin and successfully produce prototype PET beverage bottles.
Demonstrate Plas-TCat process
Going forward under the renewed agreement with SHR, Anellotech intends to continue to conduct studies for Anellotech’s Bio-TCat process as the biobased technology moves into its commercialization phase.
We look forward to running additional Bio-TCat process improvement studies and developing our Plas-TCat Process at the SHR site with the able assistance of the SHR team, said David Sudolsky, President and CEO of Anellotech.
Additionally, Anellotech will transition the TCat-8 unit to conduct the large pilot plant development and demonstration of Anellotech’s new Plas-TCat process for making petrochemicals from plastic waste.
We look forward to supporting the expansion, operation, and commercialization of the Bio-TCat Process in this next phase of our relationship. This success further demonstrates why SHR is a partner of choice for the demonstration and launch of new sustainable technologies, ended Patrick Quarles.
