PTT moves forward with setting up a methanol production plant from CO2, heading towards Net Zero.

PTT joins with German multinational companies. Studying the establishment of a methanol production plant which is produced from carbon dioxide and hydrogen from the first gas separation plant in Thailand, from having to import more than 10,000 million baht per year, and also reduces greenhouse gas emissions under PTT's Net Zero 2050 plan. PTT Public Company Limited visited the research center of thyssenkrupp Udeh in Duisburg. Germany In the collaborative project to study the establishment of Thailand's first methanol production plant. by thyssenkrupp Udeh supports stem technology Dr. Jrgen Butke, Senior Sales Manager, said: thyssenkrupp Udeh created the Carbon2Chem project to develop technology to recover carbon dioxide from the steel smelting process. It is used together with green hydrogen obtained from separating water with electrical energy or Water Electrolysis and then using a chemical process to synthesize green methanol. It is the birthplace technology of thyssenkrupp Udeh. Methanol is a compound o f carbon dioxide and three hydrogen molecules, so it stores carbon well. The pilot plant at the Carbon2Chem research center produces 75 liters of green methanol per day, which is used to power shipping ships and is currently being developed into aviation fuel. Dr. Buranin Rattanasombat, Executive Vice President of Innovation and New Business, PTT, said that in the production process of PTT's natural gas separation plant. At Map Ta Phut, Rayong Province, there will be carbon dioxide gas. instead of releasing it into the environment Currently, we are studying to solve the problem of both how to capture and store it in underground rocks called Carbon Capture and Storage or CCS and how to capture carbon and then use it called Carbon Capture and Utilization or CCU, which can bring gas. Carbon dioxide also reacts with hydrogen gas from gas separation plants. Used to produce methanol. It adds value because methanol is a solvent in many important industries such as furniture, biodiesel. In the future, it can be deve loped into sustainable aviation fuel or SAF which is in demand in the aviation industry. It also reduces reliance on imports. Thailand imports methanol worth more than 10,000 million baht per year. For PTT's cooperation with thyssenkrupp Udeh, a technological feasibility study and a preliminary study of the design of the methanol production plant have been completed. To put it to good use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is a factory with a production capacity of 100,000 tons per year and can expand production capacity up to 2 million tons per year. It is estimated that the investment will be 80 million euros or 3,200 million baht, but the investment value and opportunities for further development must be evaluated. The balance is a business. It is expected that the study of details will be completed within this year. This project is a part that supports the use of carbon dioxide. Continuing to become a product under the PTT Net Zero emissions 2050 plan, in which PTT has set a goal of carbon neutrali ty in 2040 and net zero greenhouse gas emissions in 2050. Source: Thai News Agency