Linde has announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with ExxonMobil for the offtake of carbon dioxide (CO2) associated with Linde’s new clean hydrogen production in Beaumont, Texas, US.
Linde previously announced that it will build, own and operate an onsite complex to supply clean hydrogen and nitrogen to OCI Global’s new world-scale blue ammonia plant. Linde’s new facility is expected to start up in 2025 and will be integrated into Linde’s extensive US Gulf Coast industrial gas infrastructure. It will also supply clean hydrogen to other new and existing offtakers across the network.
Under the terms of the agreement, ExxonMobil will transport and permanently store up to 2.2 million tpy of CO2 from Linde’s hydrogen production facility, equivalent to the emissions from nearly half a million cars per year.
“Clean hydrogen is a key enabler of industry’s transition to a low-carbon economy,” said Dan Yankowski, Senior Vice President Americas, Linde. “Working with ExxonMobil as the CO2 offtaker at our Beaumont project supports Linde’s strategy to decarbonise customer processes while safely and reliably supplying low-carbon hydrogen at scale.”
“ExxonMobil’s agreement with Linde underscores our growing momentum in providing industrial customers with large-scale solutions to sequester CO2 emissions,” said Dan Ammann, President of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions. “Linde’s Beaumont clean hydrogen project is another significant step towards achieving heavy industry’s decarbonisation and net zero goals.”