据安迅思新加坡10月21日消息，泰国PTT全球化学公司（PTTGC）周四描绘了到2050年实现净零排放的路线图，其中包括2030年前投资至多10亿美元以实现其脱碳目标的计划。
该公司在一份声明中表示，PTTGC和其子公司及附属公司(统称为GC集团)的目标是到2030年将目前的温室气体排放量减少20%。
GC集团首席执行官Kongrapan Intarajang表示:“此外，我们计划将价值链中的温室气体减少50%，推动我们的客户和供应商共同参与这一承诺。”
PTTGC到2050年实现净零排放的路线图包括三个核心支柱:最大化所有资产的效率，向低碳业务转型，实施“基于自然的解决方案”，同时继续孵化和投资新的碳捕获技术。
该公司旗下美国生物塑料合资公司Natureworks今年8月宣布，将于2022年第二季度开始在泰国建设一个完全集成的生物聚合物生产设施。
PTTGC预计公司位于泰国罗勇省的4.5万吨/年再生塑料树脂合资工厂将于今年第四季度开始商业运营。该工厂预计每年生产30000吨回收聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯(R-PET)和15000吨回收高密度聚乙烯(R-HDPE)。
这家泰国石化巨头还与日本可乐丽公司合资建设先进塑料项目，目前正在罗勇省建设一家工厂，每年将生产1.3万吨超级工程塑料聚酰胺9T (PA9T)和1.6万吨氢化苯乙烯嵌段共聚物(HSBC)。该工厂预计将于2022年开始商业运营。
2023年第一季度，该公司预计其“烯烃2改造项目”将开始商业运营，这将使该公司增加丙烷作为生产原料的使用量。
张春晓 摘译自 ICIS
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Thailand's PTTGC to invest up to $1bn by 2030 to cut emissions
Thailand's PTT Global Chemical align="justify"> Along with its subsidiaries and affiliates, collectively known as GC Group, PTTGC aims to reduce current greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2030, the company said in a statement.
"Additionally, we plan to reduce greenhouse gases in our value chain by 50%, propelling our customers and suppliers to participate in this commitment together,” GC Group CEO Kongrapan Intarajang said.
PTTGC's roadmap to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 consists of three core pillars - maximising efficiency across all assets, transitioning its portfolio to low-carbon businesses and implementation of "nature-based solutions" while continuing to incubate and invest in new carbon capture technologies.
The company’s US bioplastics joint venture firm Natureworks announced in August that construction of a fully-integrated biopolymer production facility in Thailand would begin in the second quarter of 2022.
PTTGC expects its 45,000 tonne/year joint venture recycled plastic resins plant in Rayong province, Thailand, to start commercial operations in the fourth quarter of this year. The plant is expected to produce 30,000 tonnes/year of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (R-PET) and 15,000 tonnes/year of recycled high density polyethylene (R-HDPE).
The Thai petrochemical giant also has a joint venture advanced plastics project with Japan’s Kuraray that is currently building a plant in Rayong which will produce 13,000 tonnes/year of super engineering plastic polyamide 9T (PA9T) and 16,000 tonnes/year of hydrogenated styrenic block co-polymer (HSBC). The plant is expected to start commercial operation within 2022.
In the first quarter of 2023, the company expects commercial operations to begin at its “Olefins 2 Modification project”, which will allow the company to boost propane usage as feedstock for production.