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Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) along with its affiliate Scientific Design (SD), which is licensed in ethylene glycol technology entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Linde Engineering, a subsidiary of Linde, to explore collaboration opportunities to decarbonize the SD ethylene glycol process.
In a statement published by the state-owned Saudi Press Agency (SPA), SABIC said that this collaboration seeks to develop innovative solutions to reduce carbon footprint and achieve low-carbon emissions technology by offering SABIC's innovative CO2 recovery and purification technology to SD-licensed manufacturing glycol plants worldwide.
The goal is to establish sustainable ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol production and set industry benchmarks for carbon-neutral industries.
SABIC’s executive vice president, technology & innovation, CTO & CSO, Bob Maughon, emphasized the company's commitment to carbon neutrality.
“At SABIC, we have outlined a clear pathway toward carbon neutrality that necessitates the advancement of innovative technologies on a large scale, both within our existing asset base and in our future growth,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Saudi-listed petrochemicals major noted that this collaboration will leverage its 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.
According to data compiled by Argaam, SABIC unveiled its global strategy for carbon neutrality in 2021.
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