Honeywell UOP (formerly Universal Oil Products) is a technology licensor and supplier of process equipment, catalysts, and adsorbents serving the petroleum refining, petrochemical, and natural gas processing sectors. Headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, it operates within Honeywell International’s Performance Materials and Technologies segment.
The company’s portfolio includes process technologies for catalytic reforming (Platforming), hydrocracking (Unicracking), alkylation and isomerization, aromatics production and separation (such as Parex), light-olefin dehydrogenation (Oleflex), gas treating, and hydrogen management (including PSA systems). UOP also develops adsorption materials like molecular sieves and offers technologies for renewable fuels, including processes to produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel (Ecofining).