Remove sulfur and nitrogen from liquid hydrocarbons with absorption process

Kyle Litz is the chief technology officer of Auterra Inc. He has over 22 years of experience in process chemistry and new materials development. Dr. Litz is the lead co-inventor of the FlexOX catalyst and the FlexUP process, and he is responsible for Auterra’s technology development toward commercial introduction. Dr. Litz has more than 30 issued US patents co-filed in over 30 countries and 12 peer-reviewed publications. He earned his BS degree in chemistry from UT-Dallas and his PhD in chemistry at the University of Michigan. In 2016, he was admitted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Keith Edison is the lead process engineer at Auterra Inc. He has been with Auterra for five years and is responsible for the evaluation, scale-up and optimization of various process designs surrounding Auterra’s proprietary technology. He has also designed, built and operated bench and pilot units needed for process development work. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Jonathan Rankin is the research and development team leader at Auterra Inc., and has been with the company for seven years. He oversees day-to-day research and development activities at Auterra. To date, he has nine granted US patents in the areas of catalyst development and petroleum upgrading. Mr. Rankin obtained a BS degree in chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2009.