Lummus Technology is a global provider of licensed process technologies, catalysts, proprietary equipment and lifecycle services for the petrochemical, polymer, refining and gas processing industries. The company supports customers from early concept and process design through startup, optimization and revamps, with engineering, technical services and digital solutions.
Its portfolio spans core petrochemical building blocks and downstream conversions, including ethylene steam cracking and furnaces, polypropylene via Novolen technology, on‑purpose propylene and isobutylene via CATOFIN dehydrogenation, alkylation and clean fuels processes, and various gas processing and petrochemical integration offerings. Lummus also supplies related catalysts, adsorbents and reactor internals, and provides operator training and performance improvement services tied to its technologies.
With more than a century of heritage and a global footprint across the Americas, EMEA and Asia, Lummus serves chemical and energy producers, EPCs and industrial operators. Formerly a division of McDermott International, it became an independent company in 2020. The business also advances sustainability and circular economy solutions through initiatives such as Green Circle, focusing on plastic recycling, renewable and low‑carbon feedstocks, and decarbonization of process technologies.