Essar teams with Elessent for Stanlow carbon capture

Essar Oil UK announced plans to decarbonise refinery operations at Stanlow, one of Europe's largest oil refineries, in November 2022. According to the company, a total of $1.2bn will be invested in reducing site emissions by up to 95 per cent in the coming years. It’s claimed that Elessent’s BELCO gas cleaning technology will help cut CO2 by around one million tonnes per year, while switching from natural gas to hydrogen as a refinery fuel source will cut a further one million tonnes.

“It’s great to have our final licensor technology provider in place as we move into the next phase of our decarbonisation strategy,”  Deepak Maheshwari, CEO of Essar Oil UK, said in a statement. “With an investment of $1.2bn, Essar Oil UK is positioned to be the world’s first low carbon refinery. Elessent Clean Technologies is a valuable partner in our plan to reduce our refinery emissions by 95 per cent using the BELCO scrubbing technology.”