German industrial gases and engineering group Linde has entered into an exclusive collaboration with Shell on ethane-oxidative dehydrogenation (E-ODH) technology for producing ethylene. The catalytic process is an alternative route to ethane steam cracking.
Shell has announced plans to replace the ethylene steam cracker furnaces at its petrochemicals complex in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, in a move that will reduce the site’s annual greenhouse gas emissions by 10%.
Shell is planning to take a 50% stake and invest up to $9 billion in a petrochemical complex planned by privately held Indian oil company Nayara Energy, according to Reuters news agency.
