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Linde GmbH and Shell today announce an exclusive collaboration agreement on ethane-oxidative dehydrogenation (E-ODH) technology for ethylene production. The catalytic process is an alternative route to ethane steam cracking, offering the potential of economic advantages, acetic acid co-production and significantly lower overall carbon footprint through electrification of power input.

The two companies have been developing E-ODH independently for many years and this new collaboration brings together their complementary patent positions, expert know-how and common commitment to a lower-carbon future. The agreement will enable accelerated deployment of this novel technology across the wider chemicals sector, with Linde marketing to customers under the name EDHOX鈩�.

"With the EDHOX鈩� process, we have not only developed a cost-efficient alternative but are also providing the petrochemical industry with a low-emission process鈥�, said John van der Velden, Senior Vice President Global Sales & Technology at Linde Engineering. 鈥淔or decades, we have been actively developing technologies for more sustainability in this industry - from efficiency improvements to carbon management and new process routes. We are convinced that Linde麓s EDHOX鈩� technology position will be strengthened by Shell麓s intellectual property and know-how in this area."

Thomas Casparie, Executive Vice President of Shell鈥檚 global chemicals business, said 鈥淏ase chemicals are transformed into a range of finished products that help society live, work and respond to climate change. We look forward to our Shell in-house innovation going on to contribute to the collective reduction of carbon emissions from the manufacture of chemicals. It鈥檚 been great to work with Linde on this ambitious and creative combination of technology.鈥�

• Shell and Dow have teamed up to develop, design and scale-up cracking technology that can use renewable electricity rather than fossil fuels (June 2020)
• The EDHOX鈩� technology was successfully validated for commercial use in a demonstration plant at Pullach, Germany. The process is suitable for ethylene producers as well as industrial customers who need both ethylene and acetic acid to produce chemicals such as vinyl acetate monomer, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and polyvinyl alcohol products. As a further advantage, the pure CO₂ stream extracted is suitable for further downstream processes or storage. The EDHOX鈩� process can also be combined with other Linde technologies, such as the FlexASU^庐 process for the flexible production of gases or liquefied gases such as oxygen or it can increase the capacity of steam crackers with potential CO₂ reduction.

Elitsa.Kateva@linde.com
+49 173 4204003

James.Forth@shell.com
+44 207 546 7067

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2019 sales of $28 billion (鈧�25 billion). We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets including chemicals & refining, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing and primary metals. Linde鈥檚 industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

For more information about the company and its products and services, please visit .

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