About us

Founder Owner: Dr. Meritxell Vila

PhD in Chemistry (Chemical Engineering) from the University of Barcelona. I started my professional life working for REPSOL at the Research Centre in Cartagena (Spain) studying Ion Exchange Resin catalysts for the ETBE/MTBE synthesis. After spending several years on Process Development, at the pilot plant units of the Research center, related with gasoil hydrotreatment and gasoline hydrodesulfurization, I moved to the Repsol Cartagena refinery to work at the Quality Control Laboratory and the Process Department in the Lubricants and Hydrotreatment divisions. I was responsible for Solomon studies and Industrial trials for innovative processes and the Catalysts Coordinator of the refinery.

In 2011, I joined IMCD Spain, moving into chemicals distribution, where I have been working as Product and Project Manager representing the major international catalyst and adsorbent manufacturers in the Spanish and Portuguese markets.

In February 2016, I have started my own company MERYT Catalysts & Innovation to offer my knowledge and expertise to refining and petrochemical customers. We supply the optimal Catalysts and Adsorbents for each process, with the best technical support.

Phone: +34 670 518 438

Irene Eguilegor

Technical Assistant
Industrial Engineer with a Master’s Degree in Energy Efficiency.
Irene studied Industrial Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, and after several years working in thermal installations in buildings, she decided to orientate her career towards Energy Efficiency, obtaining a Master’s Degree at the Miguel Hernández University in Elche.
She works in the Technology Department for the preparation of technical proposals and technical proposals and documentation of all products, in the three languages she speaks: Spanish, English and French.

Likewise, and thanks to her creativity and excellent organisational skills, she also collaborates with the Marketing and Administration department.

Dr. Mikhail Rodkin

Lead Advisor on Research, Development and Innovation

Vice President (retired), BASF Corporation

Senior Research and Development executive with extensive global academic and industrial experience. Most recent responsibilities at BASF included the research and development in the area of fluidized catalytic cracking as well as catalyst characterization.

Previously, Dr. Rodkin was responsible for the research and development of adsorbents and heterogeneous catalysts for chemical transformations such as hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, isomerization, and Zeigler-Natta polymerization. Prior to that, he was in charge of R&D in the area of catalysis for the abatement of harmful emissions from mobile sources including automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles and other gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles.

His industrial affiliations prior to BASF include Delphi Automotive and Monsanto/Solutia.

Dr. Rodkin served as a Board Member of Research and Development Council of New Jersey in 2016-2020.

Currently, Dr. Rodkin is a member of Scientific Advisory Committee at Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (Harvard), and is actively involved with numerous academic institutions.

PhD in Organic Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Mr. Casper Frijns

Senior Commercial Advisor

Senior Vice President (retired), BASF

Internationally oriented and all-round manager supporting companies in their growth process building on experience gained working for multi-national chemical companies like Ciba-Geigy and BASF. Operated at C-level and worked across different regions with often global responsibility. In his last position he was overseeing the Middle-East region for the BASF portfolio. Earlier position included senior vice president for Plastic Additives Europe and as Executive Committee member in Ciba Specialty Chemicals lead the Industry Platform Plastics in the integration in BASF. He was involved in different M&A projects as lead negotiator and coordinated funding of take-overs.

Currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of APK AG, Chief Commercial officer and Board Member of the Research and Medical Chemical Group and Senior Advisor RUG Ventures being a holding providing funds for start-ups out of the academic world.

Andreu Vilà

Senior Legar Advisor

Highly experienced executive manager who is currently acting as managing director of ECOTIC –a non-for-profit organization providing environmental services to the electronic industry– and formerly as chairman & ceo of Ciba in Spain and Italy as well as general manager of Ciba Portugal, and as executive manager in BASF member of the integration management Executive Committee of Southern Europe. Currently is the chairman of the Supervisory Board of weee Europe AG and member of the Board of WEEE Forum. Used to working in a complex multinational environment with a strategic approach towards a global objective achievement of the company, being responsible for achieving the local operational targets. Proven experience in the management and optimization of organizational resources, corporate management and financial, administrative and organizational control of business, as well as in managing change and HR functions, in order to contribute to profitable sales growth and guarantee a healthy financial performance of the Group Companies under his leadership.

María Blázquez

Executive Assistant

Maria Blazquez, with a degree in business administration and management, has focused her professional career on the administrative, marketing, customer service and communication areas in the companies she has worked for.

She has a talent for organizing, optimizing processes and increasing the efficiency of the administration and marketing departments.

Nieves Álvarez

Senior Advisor in Oil Refining/Petrochemical Technology.

Nieves Álvarez, graduated as a Chemical Engineer from the Central University of Venezuela, has 39 years of dedication in Oil & Gas downstream / petrochemical, experience ranging from analytical laboratory and catalysts, design and start up pilot plants for R & D, to design in projects, refinery modification, technology analysis and refinery process manager.
She has worked at PDVSA, VEPICA (Project for PEMEX), FLUOR and REPSOL, having the opportunity to interact with different cultures and providers of process and catalyst technology and learn from each of them.
She also has extensive experience in:

Specialized technical assistance and Troubleshooting Processes and Catalysts focused on medium and deep conversion processes, FCC, alkylation, coke, HDT, refining-petrochemical integration, production of olefins, polyolefins and ammonia. Impact on refining schemes for heavy, extra-heavy and synthetic crudes, upgraders from extra-heavy crudes to synthetic crudes. Analysis of refining schemes.

PMC and process leader in engineering and commissioning: energy integration and efficiency projects, Hazop of pilot and industrial units.
Revamps of process units, performance improvement and environmental adaptation.

Use and analysis of rigorous, statistical and hybrid models: extensive experience in the use of rigorous FCC simulation models (Petrosim FCCSIM, HISYS), Traslator for online digitization of process units and statistical models

Catalysts: development of techniques and methodologies for the evaluation of FCC catalysts and additives in the laboratory and pilot plants, scaling via kinetic models to real operation, more than 70 successful evaluations. R+D+I in new catalysts and additives for FCC.

Crudes and Currents: Analysis of the composition of crudes and currents and their impact on the refining scheme, fouling and corrosion yields. Evaluation of the coke type of the Venezuelan Orinoco Belt crudes.

Ionic liquids and enzyme catalysis for the improvement of crude oil, refinery streams and products.

Technologies transformation of CO2 to fuels and ECO products: transformation of CO2 to Methanol, DME and hydrocarbons. Reduction and transformation of fossil CO2 emissions in FCC units.

Analysis of technologies and processes (Technical/Economic Evaluation): production of grey, turquoise and green hydrogen and its environmental impact. Solid alkylation technologies and ionic liquids. FCC technologies and their integration with the chemical industry. PDH olefin production processes, comparison and polyolefin production processes. Analysis of technologies for the production of E-Fuels, use of BIO compounds in the FCC units.

Technological prospecting and technical/economic feasibility study for refining and petrochemicals, including a world of low emissions. Geostrategy of natural resources.

Instructor/Professor Dowstream, FCC, Alkylation, Coker, Heavy and Extra Crudes.

Heavy, Crude Synthetics, Courses for Engineers / Operators.

CSFR Master (2008-2020) Madrid, School of Geology and Mines (Madrid), PDVSA Training Center (CIED) Refining Master 1996 – 2002 Venezuela, Refineries.

Saeid Mokhatab

Saeid Mokhatab is one of the most recognizable names in the natural gas community through his contributions to advancing the technologies in the natural gas processing industry. He has been actively involved in different aspects of several large-scale gas processing projects, from conceptual design through plant startup and operations support.

He has presented on gas processing technologies worldwide and has published 300 technical papers and two renowned Elsevier’s handbooks in collaboration with leading experts from the largest international engineering companies and prominent process licensors. His numerous publications, which are widely read and highly respected, have set the technical standards in the natural gas processing industry and are considered by many as major references to be used for any gas processing/LNG project in development.

He has held technical advisory positions for leading professional journals, societies and conferences in the field of gas processing, and has received a number of international awards and medals in recognition of his outstanding work in the natural gas industry.

Juan Pedro Gomez

Senior Advisor in Oil Refining/Petrochemical Technology and Biofuels production

With 37 years of experience in the industry (Repsol, Enel) and at the University (Polytechnic of Milan, University of Málaga), he has worked in R&D projects and Optimization of Industrial plants, some of which have been in collaboration with centers of public research (CSICYT, Universities,) and technology companies. This experience has given him a broad knowledge of the current technologies, and a vision for the future of the technological challenges to be resolved in the energy, environmental and chemistry industries. Juan Pedro is a person compromised with the search of new opportunities of business with orientation to results.

MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

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