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BASF and Linde to Market Carbon Capture Plants
5:38 AM EST | January 15, 2010
BASF and Linde's Dresden, Germany based subsidiary have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly market licenses and plants for the capture of carbon dioxide from flue gases. BASF will be responsible for the chemical processes for capturing CO2, while Linde will provide engineering and design as well as construciton of the facilities, under the agreement.
The cooperation will focus mainly on the Mideast, where demand for purified CO2 is increasing, especially to raise crude oil prodcution yields by means of enhanced recovery, and in urea production. "In a situation where energy production around the world relies predominantly on fossil materials and where this share is expected to increase further, we will concentrate precisely on these energy sources in our cooperation," says Andreas Northemann, head of the gas treatment business at BASF. The two companies will be able to provide customers with integrated engineering solutions and complete CO2 capture plants, he says. "Through this cooperation we will contribute to capturing and transporting climate-damaging CO2 in a controlled manner for recycling in purified form or final sequestration," says Jorg Linsenmaier, managing director of Linde's Dresden unit. BASF markets its amine-based gas treatment technology under the brand name aMDEA
5:38 AM EST | January 15, 2010
BASF and Linde's Dresden, Germany based subsidiary have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly market licenses and plants for the capture of carbon dioxide from flue gases. BASF will be responsible for the chemical processes for capturing CO2, while Linde will provide engineering and design as well as construciton of the facilities, under the agreement.
The cooperation will focus mainly on the Mideast, where demand for purified CO2 is increasing, especially to raise crude oil prodcution yields by means of enhanced recovery, and in urea production. "In a situation where energy production around the world relies predominantly on fossil materials and where this share is expected to increase further, we will concentrate precisely on these energy sources in our cooperation," says Andreas Northemann, head of the gas treatment business at BASF. The two companies will be able to provide customers with integrated engineering solutions and complete CO2 capture plants, he says. "Through this cooperation we will contribute to capturing and transporting climate-damaging CO2 in a controlled manner for recycling in purified form or final sequestration," says Jorg Linsenmaier, managing director of Linde's Dresden unit. BASF markets its amine-based gas treatment technology under the brand name aMDEA
