Basf has broken ground on a world-class scale installation

The BASF Zhanjiang Integrated Site has broken ground on a world-class syngas plant that will be fully integrated into the site and is scheduled to start production in 2025. In contrast to conventional syngas plants, BASF will adopt a unique process concept in this syngas plant, which will help reduce carbon emissions and contribute to BASF's sustainable development goals.

 This advanced facility will produce cost-competitive syngas and hydrogen for use in downstream production units at BASF's integrated site. The production technology used in the syngas plant will mainly produce syngas from carbon dioxide gas, a by-product of the Ethylene oxide production process, and excess fuel gas generated during the steam cracking plant production.

The technical concept of this syngas plant is the first of its kind in China and demonstrates our commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2050. Compared to other technologies, these innovative process technologies have helped to reduce direct CO2 emissions at the Zhanjiang integrated site, especially by reducing the carbon footprint of Butanol and Ethylene oxide products.

In addition to the above feedstocks, the flexible design of the syngas plant can also use other feedstocks to ensure the reliability of production. The electricity required for the installation will be supplied by the grid throughout the site and will be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2025

It is reported that the BASF Zhanjiang integrated base project under construction is the largest single investment project of BASF group so far, with a total investment of 10 billion euros, which is independently constructed and operated by BASF. When completed, the site will be BASF's third largest production site in the world, after Ludwigshafen in Germany and Antwerp in Belgium