TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC Complete MENA Region’s First Processing of Oil From Plastic Waste at Scale to Make Certified Circular Polymers
17 Julho 2023 - 9:12AM
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TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE), Aramco and SABIC
have for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa
successfully converted oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+
certified circular polymers. The plastic pyrolysis oil, also called
plastic waste derived oil (PDO), was processed at the SATORP
refinery jointly owned by Aramco and TotalEnergies, in Jubail,
Saudi Arabia. It was then used as a feedstock by Petrokemya, a
SABIC affiliate, to produce certified circular polymers.
The project aims to pave the way for the creation of a domestic
value chain for the advanced recycling of plastics to circular
polymers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The process allows the use
of non-sorted plastics, which can be difficult to recycle
mechanically, and consequently contributes to solving the challenge
of end-of-life plastics.
A first milestone for the project was obtaining ISCC+
certification to assure transparency and traceability of the
recycled origin of feedstock and products. Three industrial plants
were involved in the process: SATORP refinery, Aramco’s Ju'aymah
NGL Fractionation Plant and Petrokemya. All successfully obtained
the ISCC+ certification, enabling the production of circular
materials.
Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, Aramco’s President of Downstream,
said: “This achievement illustrates the importance of the
petrochemical sector in creating more sustainable products and
solutions. Our aim is to create circular solutions for plastic
waste, while also making progress on our ambition to achieve
net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across our
wholly-owned operated assets by 2050. By leveraging spare capacity
of existing infrastructure, we aim to produce circular products
that could be scaled up at low cost. Aramco is considering multiple
ways of tapping into new technologies and leveraging existing
assets to support the deployment of circular, more sustainable and
lower-carbon products.”
Bernard Pinatel, President, Refining & Chemicals,
TotalEnergies, said: “This advanced plastic recycling
initiative reflects TotalEnergies’ ambition to concretely
contribute to addressing the challenge of end-of-life of plastics.
Several other circular economy projects are being studied,
leveraging the partners’ technical expertise and experience to
further contribute to plastics recycling. It is a major pathway
towards TotalEnergies’ target to produce 30% of circular polymers
by 2030, and its strategy to build a multi-energy company with the
ambition to get to net zero by 2050, together with society.”
Sami Al-Osaimi, SABIC EVP Petrochemicals (A), said:
“SABIC is a national champion in chemicals that supports Saudi
Vision 2030, ensuring sustainable future growth by focusing on
environment, energy and climate. This project is aligned with
SABIC’s commitment to avoid landfill and incineration through its
innovation competencies and advanced technology. This project shows
collaboration across the petrochemical value chain to overcome
upstream and downstream challenges in circular plastics. To this
end, SABIC recently announced its target of one million metric tons
of TRUCIRCLE ™ solutions by 2030, which intends to help provide our
customers with more sustainable solutions.”
SABIC and TotalEnergies are founding members of the non-profit
organization Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW), which aims to
bring collective knowledge, resources and experience to address
current waste management challenges.
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biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables and electricity.
Our more than 100,000 employees are committed to energy that is
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many people as possible. Active in close to 130 countries,
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well-being of people.
About Aramco: Aramco is a global integrated energy and
chemicals company. We are driven by the core belief that energy is
opportunity. From producing approximately one in every eight
barrels of the world’s oil supply to developing new energy
technologies, our global team is dedicated to creating impact in
all that we do. We focus on making our resources more dependable,
more sustainable and more useful. This helps promote stability and
long-term growth around the world. www.aramco.com
About SABIC: SABIC is a global diversified chemicals
company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It manufactures on
a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia
Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals,
commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals.
SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing
opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction,
medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and
electronics, transportation and clean energy.
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