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GPIC opens world's largest CO2 plant
MANAMA: With the opening of the world's largest carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery plant at Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company ( GPIC ) Complex in Sitra, GPIC has become the first petrochemical company in the Middle East to use this advance technology to recycle carbon emissions.
According to details, the $55 million GPIC project aims at cutting down over 90 percent greenhouse gas emissions and improving overall efficiency.
"The GPIC has become the first petrochemical company in the Middle East to use such environmentally friendly technology. And this is yet another milestone towards the company's commitment to a clean environment," Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al-Khalifa adviser to the prime minister for oil and industrial affairs and GPIC board Chairman told the audience during the opening ceremony of the plant.
The recovery unit can capture 450 metric tons of CO2 per day, one of the world's largest capacity units for the chemical application. Captured CO2 will be used as feedstock for urea and methanol synthesis processes. The technology can recover approximately 90 percent of the CO2 in flue gas.
Representatives of the Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Technoment of Italy, sub-contractor MCSC of Bahrain and other guests were also present at the opening ceremony. "Such initiative confirms the company's policy to preserve the environment by reducing human-caused global warming and the severe increases in temperatures and leading toward disastrous environmental consequences," added Sheikh Isa.
Abdulrahman Jawahery, GPIC general manager, while highlighting the significance of this project said the GPIC now is the first petrochemical company to use a special system designed in Japan for disposal of such waste.
By Mahmood Rafique
© Arab News 2010
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