ExxonMobil will utilise Topsoe’s SynCOR™ hydrogen technology to produce low carbon hydrogen at a ‘mega scale’, while capturing more than 98% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the process.
It is hoped the Baytown, Texas-based facility will capture around seven million tonnes of CO2 annually with SynCOR ™, paired with a Honeywell UOP carbon capture tech.
The low-carbon hydrogen, ammonia and carbon facility, estimated to startup between 2027 and 2028, is expected to produce around one billion cubic feet of hydrogen per day, delivering low-carbon fuel to the Baytown olefins plant and other Houston-area facilities.
The company claims that replacing natural gas with hydrogen could reduce the integrated complex’s CO2 emissions by up to 30%.
Dan Ammann, ExxonMobil President, said, “ExxonMobil’s investment in carbon capture technology shows our commitment to supporting customers at our own operations.
“The scale of this project is expected to enable up to 30% of Scope 1 and 2 emissions from our Baytown facility by switching from natural gas as a fuel source to low carbon hydrogen.”
ExxonMobil recently announced it had awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to Technip Energies for its plant in Texas, US.
