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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Shell will take a 40%
interest in a waste-to-fuels plant using technology developed by Enerkem, a
leading Canadian clean tech company, accoridng to Kemicalinfo.
Enerkem announced the
project in December 2020, subject to finalization of commercial
agreements.
The approximately CD875 million (USD686 million)
commercial-scale facility will be constructed in Varennes, Quebec, and will
produce low-carbon fuels and renewable chemicals products from non-recyclable
waste using Enerkem’s proprietary technology.
Commissioning of the first
phase of the facility is scheduled for 2023.
Critical investment in
the plant comes from Shell, Enerkem, Suncor, Proman and Hydro-Quebec, as well as
from the Quebec and Canadian governments.
“Building a commercial-scale
low-carbon fuels plant is one of the ways Shell is advancing cleaner fuels and
evolving to meet the changing expectations of our customers,” said Michael
Crothers, Shell Canada President and Country Chair.
“Canada is well
suited to capitalize on the energy transition thanks to the ingenuity of
Canadians and our willingness to work together. We’re grateful for the
collaboration between industry and government that has been instrumental in
making this project a reality.”
Once completed, the plant will treat more
than 200,000 tons of non-recyclable waste and wood waste per year with an annual
production of nearly 125 million liters of low carbon fuels.
“The
Varennes Carbon Recycling plant demonstrates our commitment and ability to use
wastes as a feedstock to provide our customers with low carbon, high quality and
affordable products,” added Crothers.
Shell has been a significant
producer of ethanol as a low carbon fuel for the last ten years through Raizen,
its joint venture in Brazil. Bioethanol is an effective way to reduce road
transport emissions today, without the need to invest in new vehicles or
infrastructure and already play a significant role in helping to decarbonise
road transport in the Americas and in Europe.
As MRC
reported earlier, Royal Dutch Shell plc. said in November that its
petrochemical complex of several billion dollars in Western Pennsylvania is
about 70% complete and in the process to enter service in the early 2020s. The
plant's costs are estimated to be USD6-USD10 billion, where ethane will be
transformed into plastic feedstock. The facility is equipped to produce 1.5
million metric tons per year (mmty) of ethylene and 1.6 mmty of polyethylene
(PE), two important constituents of plastics.
Ethylene and propylene are
feedstocks for producing PE and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's DataScope
report, PE imports to Russia decreased in January-November 2020 by 17% year
on year and reached 569,900 tonnes. High density polyethylene (HDPE) accounted
for the greatest reduction in imports. At the same time, PP imports into Russia
increased by 21% year on year to about 202,000 tonnes in the first eleven months
of 2020. Propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) accounted for the main increase
in imports.
Royal Dutch Shell plc is an Anglo-Dutch multinational
oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its
registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the biggest company in the
world in terms of revenue and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors". Shell is
vertically integrated and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry,
including exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing,
petrochemicals, power generation and trading. |
