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REDUCING EMISSIONS
Essar selects technology partner for UK carbon

capture facility

Essar Oil UK said it has selected the
second key licensor technology provider,
Topsoe, for the planned EET Industrial
Carbon Capture (ICC) facility based at
Stanlow in the UK.

Denmark’s Topsoe will provide its
sustainable fl ue-gas treatment technology
‘SNOX’, the company said.

“This is a pivotal step towards Essar
Oil UK’s $1.2-bn investment in decar-
bonising the refi nery by reducing around
2-mt of CO (95%) emissions, making it
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the world’s fi rst low carbon refi nery and
a producer of low carbon fuels,” it added. well proven and highly sustainable fl ue- Essar’s overall decarbonisation strategy
gas treatment,” he added. plans to reduce refi nery emissions with
Essar Oil UK’s CEO, Mr. Deepak two projects. The fi rst is the industrial car-
Maheshwari, said the company is ready With the selection of Topsoe and bon capture (ICC) announced at Stanlow
to move into the next phase of Essar Oil Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Essar Oil UK in November 2022, which aims to be ope-
UK’s decarbonisation strategy. “The in- has identifi ed most of its technology part- rational by 2028. The project will result in
dustrial carbon capture facility, combined ners and is ready to progress to the front- an annual emissions reduction of around
with our upcoming hydrogen fuel switch- end engineering design (FEED) phase 1-mt of CO . The second project is on fuel
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ing project, will reduce the refi nery’s of the project. Development of the basic switching from natural gas to hydrogen,
CO emissions by 95 per cent. With Top- engineering design packages (BEDP) for resulting in an annual emissions reduction
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soe SNOX technology we are getting a the licensed technologies is ongoing. of around 1-mt of CO .
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PETROCHEMICALS
BPCL’s board approves Rs. 5,044-crore polypropylene

unit at Kochi refi nery

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
(BPCL) will invest Rs. 5,044-crore
for setting up a polypropylene (PP)
production unit at its Kochi refi nery
in Kerala. The investment decision
was ratifi ed during a board meeting on
December 19, 2023, fi nancing structure for the project will availability of propylene feedstock at
follow a debt-equity ratio of 65:35. BPCL’s Kochi refi nery. This initiative
The 400,000-tpa PP unit will be builds upon BPCL’s existing capabi-
constructed in about 46 months from The move is driven by the robust lities, with the operation of a Propylene
the date of the investment approval, growth observed in the petrochemi- Derivative Petrochemical Plant (PDPP)
the company said in a statement. The cal segment in India, coupled with the at the Kochi refi nery.

132 Chemical Weekly January 2, 2024

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