Bp signs offtake agreement for circular naphtha
Bp has signed an offtake agreement with Clean Planet Energy, a company developing ecoPlant facilities that convert hard-to-recycle waste plastics into circular petrochemical feedstocks and ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD).
Under the ten-year agreement bp will initially receive the output of Clean Planet Energy’s first facility which is under construction in Teesside. The facility is designed to process 20,000 tonnes a year of waste plastics into naphtha – which can be utilised as feedstock into circular plastics value chains - and ULSD.
“This long-term agreement with Clean Planet Energy for the offtake of naphtha will help bp unlock new sources of value through circularity, while helping divert plastic waste away from landfill, incineration and the environment,” said Sven Boss-Walker, SVP Refining & Products Trading at bp. “Clean Planet Energy’s first facility in Teesside should help accelerate this journey.”
Clean Planet Energy is developing 12 ecoPlants globally that are expected to divert 250,000 tonnes of hard-to-recycle waste plastic annually from landfills and the environment, creating over 700 jobs in local communities. Clean Planet Energy plans to announce further ecoPlants in the UK, EU, South-East Asia and the Americas later this year.
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