“Polypropylene production to have 65% lower emissions than global average.”
Lower emissions at the Heartland complex are also a result of using cogeneration technology, where recovered waste heat from operations is used to generate electricity. The world’s use of plastic products is growing and is expected to be a main driver of demand for oil and petroleum liquids even in the most aggressive emission reduction scenarios. Industry and petrochemicals consumed 20.5 million barrels per day of petroleum liquids in 2021, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In the IEA’s net zero scenario, in 2050 this demand will still be 13.4 million barrels per day. But in its more likely scenario using the world’s current trajectory, demand will increase to 25.5 million barrels per day in 2050.
“When we talk about the decarbonization journey and [products] getting lighter and faster, these types of materials are very important,” Curley says. The Heartland complex is ramping up to capacity of producing 525,000 tonnes of pea-sized poly- propylene pellets per year, which can be shipped anywhere in the world. For Curley, the success of the project comes back to the support of the local community. “There are so many people who, whether they were out here doing something really important for one day or they were here constructing the whole project, it doesn’t finish without them and their hands being part of the work out here.”
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VOL 23 ISSUE 2 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • VOL 23 ISSUE 2
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