Linde to build SABIC’s carbon capture-and-use plant

26-Aug-13

Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) has hired Germany's Linde Group to build the world's largest plant for capturing and using climate-warming carbon dioxide. The United Jubail Petrochemical Company (UNITED), an affiliate of SABIC, plans to capture around 1,500 tons a day of carbon dioxide from ethylene plants and purify it for use in SABIC-owned petrochemical plants in the industrial city of Jubail. The carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) plant will prevent about 500,000 tpa of the gas which is blamed for global warming from being released into the atmosphere and SABIC said it could also supply 200 tons a day of liquid CO2 to the food and drinks industry.