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Petrochemicals manufacturer SABIC joins up with Teesside Collective

Petrochemicals manufacturer SABIC has become the latest industrial player to join Teesside Collective, a group of companies working to decarbonise the UK’s industrial base.

The Teesside-based firm is one of the world’s largest makers of chemicals, fertilisers and plastics and has operations at Wilton, near Redcar, and North Tees

Employing around 600 staff and an additional 400 contractors, the business joins carbon-cutting bodies including BOC, Lotte Chemical UK, CF Fertilisers and Sembcorp Utilities UK, Tees Valley Unlimited and NEPIC as part of the collective.

John Bruijnooge, Site Director of SABIC’s Teesside operations, said: “We are excited to join Teesside Collective.”

SABIC brings to Teesside Collective expertise gained from operating the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) utilisation plant in Saudi Arabia, which currently compresses around 1,500 tonnes of raw CO2 per day from the company’s glycol plants to make urea and methanol.

John continued: “It’s a leading green growth initiative in the UK aimed at attracting further investment to the region and reducing industrial carbon emissions.

“SABIC’s recent work on carbon re-use in Saudi Arabia has shown us first-hand the feasibility of Teesside Collective’s vision and the benefits that realising income streams can bring.”

SABIC joins at an important time for the project, following the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s confirmation of further funding for Teesside Collective’s work.

The new funding will allow the cluster to scope out how Carbon Capture and Storage, carbon usage, hydrogen production and other technologies could reduce carbon emissions from industrial processes.

Neil Kenley, Director of Business Investment at Tees Valley Combined Authority, added: “SABIC is the second new industrial partner to join Teesside Collective in the last six months.

“This demonstrates the positive direction and growing support behind our work to decarbonise UK industry.”

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