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TECHNOLOGY LICENSING
BP to deploy BASF’s carbon capture technology

for UK blue hydrogen project

UK’s oil & gas major, BP, and
BASF have signed a licence agree-
ment for the use of BASF’s gas treat-
ing technology, OASE white, to cap-
ture carbon dioxide (CO ) generated
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during hydrogen production at BP’s
proposed blue hydrogen facility in
Teesside, H2Teesside.

BASF have been supporting H2-
Teesside since last year and their
engineering delivery package is already
well advanced.

H2Teesside aims to be one of the The continuous process adds an needed to capture carbon from a range
UK’s largest blue hydrogen produc- amine-based solvent agent to the of emitters across Teesside and the
tion facilities, targeting 1.2-GW of gas stream where it absorbs the CO . Humber. In March 2023, H2Teeside
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hydrogen production by 2030, equating After this, both components (CO and was selected as one of three Track-1
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to over 10% of the UK Government’s amine) are separated from the hydro- Capture Projects to proceed to nego-
hydrogen target of 10-GW by the same gen-rich gas stream before being sepa- tiations for UK Government funding
year. Blue hydrogen is produced from rated once more by fractionation. The support from the Department for Energy
natural gas, with the carbon dioxide CO is then sent for storage and the Security & Net Zero (DESNZ), for
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also generated captured for storage. OASE solvent agent is re-used in the the East Coast Cluster as part of Phase 2
process. of the cluster sequencing process for
BASF said its OASE white tech- carbon capture and storage.
nology, which has been proven in Carbon capture at H2Teesside
many ammonia, hydrogen and carbon could capture and send for storage In October 2023, BP also announced
monoxide plants across the world, will approximately 2-mtpa of CO via it had signed a licensing and engineering
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bring improved energy efficiency to the BP-led Northern Endurance part- agreement for Johnson Matthey’s LCH
the blue hydrogen production process nership, the CO transportation and blue hydrogen technology, which
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while achieving a CO capture rate of storage company that will deliver the will enable the hydrogen production
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up to 99.99%. onshore and offshore infrastructure element of the process.
Aspen Technology announces net-zero commitment

Aspen Technology, the US-based net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emis- addition to the solutions for customers,
leader in industrial software, has sions for Scope-1 and Scope-2 by 2030 we are committing to our own net-zero
announced its commitment to achieving with a significant reduction in Scope-3 target as part of tackling climate
company-wide emission reductions by 2030 and full net-zero by 2045. change,” said Mr. Antonio Pietri, Presi-
in line with climate science and the dent and CEO at AspenTech.
Science-Based Target initiative (SBTi), “AspenTech has a decades long
the leading organisation driving history of partnering with asset-inten- In keeping with SBTi guidelines,
science-based target adoption. sive industries to provide the expertise AspenTech is developing a plan to
and digital technology to guide them achieve these targets, which will be
The company intends to achieve in their sustainability journeys. In submitted within the next 24 months.

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