Within this cooperation BASF will be responsible for the chemical processes for capturing CO2, while LKCA will provide engineering and design as well as the construction of the facilities. The cooperation will focus mainly on the Middle East region, where the demand for purified CO2 is increasing, the companies said.
Dr Andreas Northemann, head of the gas treatment business of BASF, said: ”In a situation where energy production around the world relies predominantly on fossil materials and where this share is expected to increase further, we will concentrate precisely on these energy sources in our cooperation.
”By pooling the two companies’ expertise we can provide our customers with integrated engineering solutions and even complete CO2 capture plants.”
BASF markets its amine-based gas treatment technology under the brand name aMDEA. The company claimed that its process has been used around the world in more than 220 gas scrubbing facilities, as they are known, mainly in natural gas and syngas facilities. LKCA, a chemical and gas plant engineering company, has expertise in the field of planning and building plants that separate and then compress CO2 from flue gases.
Jorg Linsenmaie, managing director of LKCA, said: ”Through this cooperation we will contribute to capturing and transporting climate-damaging CO2 in a controlled manner for recycling in purified form or final sequestration.”
