Chementator Briefs

CO₂ liquefaction

Last month, Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany; www.linde-engineering.com) signed a contract with Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway; www.yara.com) to build a world-scale carbon dioxide liquefaction plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands.

The Sluiskil project forms a key part of Yara’s clean ammonia initiative, in which 800,000 tons/yr of CO₂ will be captured, liquefied, loaded onto special ships and then stored permanently below the seabed off the coast of western Norway. The CO₂-liquefaction plant will be built on-site next to Yara’s existing ammonia plant. After startup in 2026, it will be a part of one of the first commercial carbon-capture-storage (CCS) ventures in Europe.