Sabic and Linde Join Forces to Pioneer Carbon-Neutral Ethylene Glycol Production

CCU Technology Sabic and Linde Join Forces to Pioneer Carbon-Neutral Ethylene Glycol Production

2023-12-14 Source: Sabic 1 min Reading Time

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Aiming to reduce carbon emissions, Sabic and Linde Engineering have teamed up to decarbonize the SD Ethylene Glycol Process. Sabic is committed to carbon neutrality by 2050, in line with Paris Agreement goals, through various pathways including carbon capture and utilization.

World's largest carbon capture and utilization (CCU) plant at Sabic affiliate, United. This technology has the capacity to recover and purify up to 500,000 metric tons (MT) of CO2 per year, which would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere during ethylene glycol production.(Source: Sabic) — World's largest carbon capture and utilization (CCU) plant at Sabic affiliate, United. This technology has the capacity to recover and purify up to 500,000 metric tons (MT) of CO2 per year, which would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere during ethylene glycol production.
(Source: Sabic)

Chemical industry giant Sabic and Linde Engineering have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration opportunities to decarbonize the SD Ethylene Glycol Process. This collaboration seeks to develop innovative solutions to reduce carbon footprint and achieve low-carbon emissions technology by offering Sabic's CO₂ recovery and purification technology to SD licensed manufacturing glycol plants worldwide. The ultimate goal is to establish sustainable Ethylene Oxide and Ethylene Glycol production and set industry benchmarks for carbon-neutral industries.

The collaboration is to leverage Sabic's proprietary CO₂ technology which has already demonstrated its effectiveness in the world's largest carbon capture and utilization (CCU) plant at Sabic affiliate, United. This technology has the capacity to recover and purify up to 500,000 metric tons (MT) of CO₂ per year, which would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere during ethylene glycol production. The captured CO₂ can be converted into valuable products such as urea, a vital agri-nutrient that enhances agricultural yields, methanol, a versatile building block for various chemicals, and liquefied CO₂, widely used in the food and beverage industry.

In 2021, Sabic announced its carbon neutrality commitment; 20 % reduction by 2030 Interim Scope 1&2 emissions target compared to 2018 and carbon neutral by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement goals. The company's carbon neutrality roadmap comprises five critical pathways; energy efficiency, renewable energy, electrification, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and green/blue hydrogen.

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