Methanol products and services

Johnson Matthey and our partners offer a range of services to help you improve your energy efficiency, from preliminary energy studies to full plant modifications.

Achieving the highest level of environmental performance is essential for all operators. It is key to maintaining a license to operate, impacts financial performance and influences the image of a company within the business and society at large.

Johnson Matthey has extensive experience and expertise relating not only to catalyst development, manufacture and use but also operation of large scale production facilities.

Johnson Matthey is one of the world’s leading methanol technology and catalyst providers, with over half of the world’s licensed methanol plants based on our DAVY™ technology.

Methanol synthesis is the formation of methanol from carbon oxides and hydrogen. It is catalysed by copper-zinc catalysts. KATALCO 51-series methanol synthesis catalysts are key to the methanol technologies offered by Johnson Matthey.

Medium temperature shift (MTS) and isothermal shift (ITS) catalysts are becoming more common in use.

Johnson Matthey has a long legacy in pre-reforming catalysts dating back to the 1960s and offers the CRG series of catalysts.

Making the right choice for a primary reforming catalyst is extremely important as it has a significant effect on the reformer performance, impacting on plant rate, tube life and methane slip.

Johnson Matthey's DAVY™ reforming technologies transform natural gas into synthesis gas (syngas, predominantly CO, CO2 and H2) . Syngas is a feedstock for the DAVY gas to liquids (GTL) and methanol processes.

The benefits of improved reliability can be seen across the whole business; from operators, maintenance and sales through to your customer.