Team

Selected Team Members



Per Zeuthen

Catalyst expert with 39 years’ experience

E-mail : zeuthen@catalyst-intelligence.com

Phone : +45 22754138


Expertise areas
Catalyst performance and development for all hydroprocessing applications, including hydroprocessing of any new feedstocks including renewable streams, vegetable and animal derived oils, HTL, other pyrolysis oils derived from any wast materials as well as spent lube upgrading. 

Catalyst R&D, in-depth catalyst characterization and development, catalyst manufacturing including extrusion, impregnation, drying and calcination, catalyst testing, catalyst selection, catalyst regeneration and rejuvenation, ex-situ catalyst sulphiding, catalyst recycling, and metals recovery, reactor loading and unloading, start-up procedures, up-scaling form lab recipe to commercial product, sales and marketing, general hydroprocessing catalyst market intelligence





Dr. Qi Chen

Process Engineering expert with 30+ years experience

E-mail : chen@catalyst-intelligence.com

Phone : +31 6 1122 8220


Expertise areas
Process engineering and design, gasification, syngas and hydrogen manufacturing, ethylene cracking, process technology development and commercialization, development of capital projects in O&G and petchem industry, project management and control in project execution, engineering, contracting and sourcing, fabrication and construction, contract negotiations, commercial development and deal-making, technology-driven gas development masterplanning, oil and gas upstream development

 




Job de Booys MSc

Catalyst Manufacturing expert with 35+ years of experience

E-mail : debooys@catalyst-intelligence.com

Phone : +31 6 2380 7769


Expertise areas
Catalyst Manufacturing technology including Project Management, plant start-up, operations, unit monitoring and optimisation, troubleshooting, overall cost reduction and quality improvement. Catalyst R&D, in-depth catalyst characterization, catalyst manufacturing including alumina production, mixing/extrusion, impregnation, drying and calcination, catalyst regeneration and rejuvenation. Scale-up know-how from R&D scale, via pilot plant scale to commercial plant scale. Training for plant engineers and operations staff





Dr. C.E. (Ed) D. Ouwerkerk

HydroTreating expert with 30+ years experience

E-mail : ouwerkerk@catalyst-intelligence.com


Expertise areas
HT/HDS unit design & technical service incl. kinetic modelling, catalyst selection, monitoring & optimisation. Reactor Internals design and HT course lecturer. 




Dr. Bob Scheffer

Catalyst Development expert with 30+ years experience

E-mail : scheffer@catalyst-intelligence.com


Expertise areas
Hydrotreating, Hydrocracking, Resid Hydroprocessing, Refinery Operations, Catalyst R&D, Catalyst Manufacturing, Catalyst Analyses, Catalyst Technology Training, Gas-to-Liquids, Gas-to-Chemicals, Research Management.
Recognized as international expert in Catalyst Technology: co-editor of the book "Catalyst Deactivation", speaker at major conferences (ACS, ERTC, BBTC, IDECAT etc.), guest lecturer at Delft University of Technology, member of the Board of the Netherlands Catalysis Society.



Ir. Seck Leong Lee

Catalyst expert with 30+ years of experience

E-mail : seckllee@catalyst-intelligence.com

Expertise areas
Hydroprocessing technology including unit startup, operations, unit monitoring and optimisation, troubleshooting. Hydroprocessing catalyst pilot plant testing, quality assurance and catalyst selection for hydroprocessing units. Commercialisation and marketing of new catalysts. Set up, training and managing of Technical Service team.  




Ir. Eelko Brevoord

Expert refining operations & catalysis with 35+ years of experience

E-mail : brevoord@catalyst-intelligence.com


Expertise areas
Hydroprocessing and FCC technology including unit startup, operations, unit monitoring, modelling and optimisation, troubleshooting. Pilot plant testing, catalyst selection, catalyst research. Research and technical service management. Project management.





Dr. Carl J.G. van der Grift

Catalyst expert with 30+ years experience

E-mail : vandergrift@catalyst-intelligence.com


Expertise areas
Catalyst R&D, catalyst characterization, laboratory catalyst performance testing, catalyst selection for refinery units, catalyst manufacturing process optimization, spent catalyst regeneration and rejuvenation, catalyst sulphiding, spent catalyst recycling and metals recovery, product trial runs, up-scaling, supply chain and inventory optimization, catalyst sales and marketing, business management, strategy development, mergers and acquisitions in the catalyst space




Ir. King Yen Yung

FCC Catalyst expert with 30+ years of experience

E-mail : yenyung@catalyst-intelligence.com


Expertise areas
Process design of oil refining process control systems, Process design and operations of Distillation processes, Thermal Cracking process technology and operations experience, Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) process technology and operations experience, FCC Unit start-ups, FCC Unit Troubleshooting, FCC unit monitoring and optimization, FCC Catalyst and Additives development, FCC Catalyst and Additives selection, Catalyst testing procedures, Advice on catalyst test equipment, test protocol, and data-interpretation, Development of marketing packages for FCC catalyst producers 





Wessel IJlstra

Catalyst and hydroprocessing expert with 33+ years experience

Email: Ijlstra@catalyst-intelligence.com


Expertise areas
Hydroprocessing, Resid Upgrading, Unit Performance Monitoring, Process Optimization , Project Support, Root Cause Analysis, Catalyst Selection, Catalyst Handling and logistics.

Wessel dedicated a large part of his career in the area of residue hydroprocessing, making him a world-class expert in the upgrading of the bottom of the barrel and was many times invited as a speaker at international conferences.