Port of Antwerp investigates potential for reducing CO2 emissions by 50% by 2030

• Air Liquide, BASF, Borealis, ExxonMobil, INEOS, Fluxys, Port of Antwerp and Total form industry consortium called Antwerp@C, aiming to keep CO₂ out of the atmosphere and to make a significant contribution to climate objectives
• Applications for EU subsidies are next step in innovative CO₂ reduction

Port of Antwerp brought eight leading chemical and energy companies together at the end of 2019 to reduce CO₂ emissions and take practical steps in the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon port. The consortium consists of Air Liquide, BASF, Borealis, ExxonMobil, INEOS, Fluxys, Port of Antwerp and Total. With the project entitled Antwerp@C the partners aim to keep CO₂ out of the atmosphere and so to make a significant contribution towards the climate objectives, thanks to applications for capturing and utilising or storing CO₂, all within a relatively short time span and at reasonable costs. The project has the potential to reduce the CO₂ emissions within the port (18.65 million tonnes greenhouse gas emissions in 2017) by half between now and 2030. This week Fluxys, Port of Antwerp, Total and Air Liquide submitted EU subsidy applications for taking the project one step further.

For more information read the original media release published by the Port of Antwerp.

Port of Antwerp, the carbon capture pioneer

Port of Antwerp is home to the largest integrated energy and chemicals cluster in Europe. This makes it the ideal location to set up new, cross-border collaboration projects for innovative CO₂ reduction. To this end, Air Liquide, BASF, Borealis, ExxonMobil, INEOS, Fluxys, Port of Antwerp and Total joined forces at the end of 2019 under the name of Antwerp@C, to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of building CO₂ infrastructure to support future CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilisation & Storage) applications. Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) and eventually also Carbon Capture & Utilisation (CCU) – i.e. reusing CO₂ as a raw material for the chemical industry – are seen as important routes in the transition to a carbon-neutral port.

Feasibility study

Antwerp@C is currently carrying out a feasibility study with the support of the Flemish Agency for Innovation & Enterprise (Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen, or VLAIO). This will investigate the possibility of building a central "backbone" in the form of a pipeline along the industrial zones on both the Right and Left banks of the Scheldt, along with various shared processing units, a shared CO₂ liquefaction unit, interim storage facilities and cross-border transport of CO₂, both by ship and by pipeline.

For more information about this press release please contact:

Frederik Pieters,
e-mail: frederik.pieters@basf.com
tel: +32 486 090881

Port of Antwerp media contact:
e-mail: communicatie@portofantwerp.com
tel: +32 (0) 3 205 20 70
www.portofantwerp.com