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Advanced Refining Technologies (ART)
Hydroprocessing catalyst producer in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Originally a joint venture between W.R. Grace and Chevron. Grace acquired Chevron's stake in November 2025, making ART fully Grace-owned. Produces distillate hydrotreating, residue hydrocracking, and renewable fuel catalysts (ENDEAVOR™ series for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel). U.S.-focused market position; part of Grace Catalysts Technologies portfolio.
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Distillate Hydrotreating Catalysts
45%Residue & Heavy Oil Catalysts
25%Renewable Fuel Catalysts (ENDEAVOR)
25%Technical Services & Grace Integration
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Did you know2023
ART's ENDEAVOR catalyst series for renewable diesel and SAF production is manufactured at the same Lake Charles, Louisiana facility as its conventional distillate hydrotreating catalysts. US refiners converting hydroprocessing units from fossil diesel to bio-based feedstock (vegetable oils, animal fats, used cooking oil) need both a conventional hydrotreating catalyst supplier (for their remaining fossil diesel units) and a renewable fuel catalyst supplier (for their converted units) -- ART supplies both from the same Gulf Coast plant. A Hurricane or major flooding event at Lake Charles -- which the region has experienced repeatedly (Laura 2020, Delta 2020, Ida 2021) -- would simultaneously affect conventional diesel production capacity AND renewable diesel/SAF production catalyst supply. The Gulf Coast refining corridor's climate vulnerability creates aggregate supply chain risk that is invisible when viewed through the lens of individual refinery operations.
Advanced Refining Technologies (ART) ↗Origin2023
Advanced Refining Technologies (ART) was formed as a joint venture between W.R. Grace (the Maryland specialty chemicals company) and Chevron in the 1990s -- two companies with overlapping interests in refining catalysts. Grace brought FCC catalyst expertise and Chevron brought hydroprocessing research from its Richmond, California Richmond Technical Center. The Lake Charles, Louisiana production facility placed ART in the US Gulf Coast chemical manufacturing corridor with direct proximity to the US refining complex. In November 2025, Grace acquired Chevron's remaining stake in ART, making ART fully Grace-owned and simplifying its market positioning within the Grace Catalysts Technologies portfolio. ART's ENDEAVOR renewable fuel catalyst series positions ART at the intersection of conventional refining and the SAF/renewable diesel transition -- selling hydrotreating catalysts for both fossil diesel production and for the same hydroprocessing units being converted to process vegetable oil feedstocks.
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