PEARL RIVER, N.Y. and
SILSBEE, Texas, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anellotech and
South Hampton Resources, Inc. (SHR), a subsidiary of Trecora
Resources, (NYSE: TREC), announced today the renewal of their
agreement for SHR to serve as site host and provide operations
services for Anellotech's TCat-8™ 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, specializing in high purity
hydrocarbons. SHR originally began its site hosting relationship
with Anellotech in 2016 with Anellotech's development of its
Bio-TCat process for producing petrochemicals from wood.
![TREC owns and operates a facility in southeast Texas which specializes in high purity hydrocarbons and other petrochemical manufacturing. TREC also owns and operates a leading manufacturer of specialty polyethylene waxes and provider of custom processing services located in the heart of the Petrochemical complex in Pasadena, Texas. In addition, TREC is a 35% owner of Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Co. For more information, please access TREC's website at Trecora.com. (PRNewsfoto/Trecora Resources) TREC owns and operates a facility in southeast Texas which specializes in high purity hydrocarbons and other petrochemical manufacturing. TREC also owns and operates a leading manufacturer of specialty polyethylene waxes and provider of custom processing services located in the heart of the Petrochemical complex in Pasadena, Texas. In addition, TREC is a 35% owner of Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Co. For more information, please access TREC's website at Trecora.com. (PRNewsfoto/Trecora Resources)](https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/167307/trecora_resources_logo.jpg)
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 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.
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, produce tonne quantities
of BTX aromatic product from pine wood feedstock, and obtain the
data necessary for process design and commercialization.
The TCat-8 unit produced the bio-p-Xylene that was used by
Suntory, a global consumer beverage company, to make 100% bio-PET
resin and successfully produce prototype PET beverage bottles, as
they announced on Dec. 3rd 2021.
Going forward under the renewed agreement with SHR, Anellotech
intends to continue to conduct studies for Anellotech's Bio-TCat
process as the bio-based technology moves into its
commercialization phase. 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.
"Anellotech has been very pleased with the quality of the SHR
facility and its people, which allowed us to successfully conduct
over 5,000 hours of plant operation on our Bio-TCat Process.
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.
"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. 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 demonstration and launch of new sustainable
technologies," said Patrick Quarles,
President & CEO of Trecora Resources.
About Anellotech
Founded in 2008, Anellotech
(http://www.anellotech.com) is a sustainable technology company
focused on commercializing the innovative production of
cost-competitive renewable chemicals and fuels from non-food
biomass or waste plastics. Its patented Bio-TCat™ technology is an
efficient thermal catalytic process for converting biomass into
benzene, toluene and xylene, which are chemically identical to
their petroleum-based counterparts. In addition to BTX, Bio-TCat™
technology produces heavier aromatics AnelloMate™, which can be
used to make high-quality biofuels blendstock for transportation
fuel to help decarbonize transportation fuels supply chains.
Engineering work to design the first commercial Bio-TCat plant is
underway by Anellotech and its R&D, engineering and licensing
partners IFPEN and Axens.
Anellotech's R&D team is now focused on Plas-TCat™, a
development-stage process technology aiming to convert mixed waste
plastics into commodity chemicals such as olefins and aromatics,
the primary chemicals used to make plastic packaging and other
products.
About Trecora Resources (TREC)
TREC (http://www.trecora.com) owns and operates a specialty
petrochemicals facility specializing in high purity hydrocarbons
and other petrochemical manufacturing and a specialty wax facility,
both located in Texas, and
provides custom processing services at both facilities.
For further information, contact:
Trecora
The Equity Group Inc.
Jeremy
Hellman,
CFA
jhellman@equityny.com
(212) 836-9626
Anellotech:
David Sudolsky, President
Information@anellotech.com
USA 845-735-7700
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