Dow has chosen Linde as its industrial gas partner for the supply of clean hydrogen and nitrogen to support its proposed net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.
The partnership will enable Dow to advance its plans to decarbonize its Fort Saskatchewan site while growing its business.
The proposed production process at Fort Saskatchewan will convert cracker off-gas into hydrogen as a clean fuel to be used in the ethylene production process. Carbon dioxide will be captured onsite and transported and stored by adjacent third-party carbon storage infrastructure partners.
Under the framework agreement, Linde will complete the design and engineering for a Linde-owned and operated world-scale air separation and auto thermal reformer complex. This complex would be integrated with Linde’s existing operations in Fort Saskatchewan. Final investment decisions for both the Dow and Linde projects are expected in the fourth quarter of this year, with a potential startup of phase 1 in 2027.
Dow’s net-zero carbon emissions ethylene cracker and derivatives complex would decarbonize approximately 20 per cent of its global ethylene capacity while growing its global polyethylene supply by about 15 per cent and supporting approximately $1 billion of EBITDA growth across the value chain by 2030. This project is expected to be a milestone project in global industrial decarbonization.
“The Dow net-zero Fort Saskatchewan project will be a milestone project in global industrial decarbonization,” said Dan Yankowski, senior vice president of Americas, Linde. “Linde’s engineering, large project execution, and operations expertise, combined with our long-standing relationship, uniquely positions us to support Dow as it takes an important step towards achieving its decarbonization goals.”
