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PARTNERSHIP
Technip Energies to help Graphitic Energy scale up

methane pyrolysis technology

US-based Graphitic Energy has ket prices. In addition, the company’s
joined hands with Technip Energies technology can be sited anywhere natu-
USA to develop and deploy Graphitic’s ral gas or LNG are available, without
methane pyrolysis (also called the need to source renewable electricity
turquoise hydrogen) technology. or perform geological CO sequestra-
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tion.
This process utilises natural gas to
produce clean hydrogen and graphite, “Graphitic’s technology enables
a crystalline form of carbon used in the production of two critical pro-
batteries, lubricants, refractories, and ducts from natural gas. We have taken it
high-temperature industrial processes. Energy and bring forward our recog- from an idea, through the lab scale, and
The agreement between Technip nised hydrogen production experience into a large pilot generating tonnes of
Energies and Graphitic includes funding and fluidised bed expertise to standar- graphitic material. Collaborating with
dedicated to testing campaigns to sup- dise plants globally for the production Technip Energies will enable us to get
port technology advancement. Later of hydrogen and synthetic graphite to market faster and provide interested
this year, the two companies also plan with minimal direct CO emissions. parties with high-quality engineering
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to enter into a licensing collaboration The standardised designs will allow for packages,” said Graphitic’s co-founder
agreement to accelerate the deployment lower pre-investment costs, accelerated and CEO, Zach Jones.
of Graphitic’s technology around the implementation time, high predictabi-
world. lity on project economics, and reduced In March 2025, Graphitic commis-
overall capital costs,” informed sioned its pilot plant in San Antonio,
Graphitic Energy’s methane pyro- Mr. Mario Tommaselli, Senior Vice Texas. This facility is capable of pro-
lysis technology enables the production President Gas & Low Carbon Energies ducing several hundred kilograms of
of clean hydrogen and solid carbon with at Technip Energies. hydrogen and up to 1,000-kgs of solid
no direct CO emissions. The process carbon per day, with continuous 24/7
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is low-electricity-intensive and can be Unlike other low-carbon hydrogen operations. It is expected to operate
scaled to produce 100-ktpa of hydrogen production paths, Graphitic’s process through the end of 2025. The company’s
in a single process train. economics do not require government pilot is supported by a recent $15-mn
subsidies to be cost-competitive, and extension of its series A funding,
“Technip Energies is excited to the company can profitably deliver both bringing its total investment to over
enter into this cooperation with Graphitic hydrogen and graphite at current mar- $65-mn.

INDUSTRIAL GASES
Linde expanding CO capacity in US
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Industrial gases firm, Linde, is dou- supplies with oxygen from its Freeport processes. These applications demand a
bling the capacity of its Freeport, Texas air separation plant. reliable supply of CO that meets rigorous
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(US), carbon dioxide (CO ) production safety and quality standards.
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facility by adding a second CO lique- The increased capacity will help
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faction plant. Linde meet growing industry demand Linde’s Freeport CO complex
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for reliable CO supply across diverse is the first CO liquefaction facility
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Starting up in 2027, the new plant applications, including carbonating of its kind in the US to receive the
will liquefy crude CO captured from beverages, preserving food quality, ISCC Plus certification from the Inter-
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MEGlobal America’s Oyster Creek ethy- manufacturing dry ice, producing low national Sustainability and Carbon
lene glycol facility, which Linde also carbon fuels and chemical synthesis Certification.
164 Chemical Weekly June 17, 2025

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