22 February 2019
DETAILS
◼ BASF and Linde collaborate to serve
natural gas processing applications using
BASF’s adsorbent technology and
Linde’s adsorption & membrane technology.
◼ Customers benefit from
simplified technical and procurement processes
as well as increased reliability and performance
of the membrane process.
BASF and The Linde Group’s Engineering Division
have agreed on a collaboration
to serve natural gas processing applications using
* BASF’s adsorbent technology and
* Linde’s adsorption & membrane technology.
This collaboration brings together
two leading companies in the fields of
adsorbents, adsorption and membrane technology.
With the combined capabilities of
materials expertise from BASF and
engineering expertise from Linde,
the two companies are well positioned
to expand their global leadership position
in natural gas applications.
BASF’s innovative Durasorb™ adsorbents
will be used to improve
Linde’s high-performance membrane processes,
which provide stability and selectivity advantages
over competitive membrane processes.
Membrane technology that can process gas high in CO2
is becoming increasingly important
The ability to treat gas high in both
heavy hydrocarbons and CO2 will allow
BASF and Linde to serve a part of the industry
that now must rely on high cost alternatives.
Customers will benefit from a one-stop solution.
BASF and Linde will perform the required design work
to ensure that the adsorbent is well suited
to the membrane.
Linde will supply both units to the customer required
to process natural gas:
the membrane unit and the pretreatment unit
located upstream, applying Durasorb™.
This arrangement will simplify the technical
and the procurement processes for the customer
as well as increase the reliability and performance
of the membrane process.
BASF, the world’s leading supplier of
environmental and process catalysts, and
Linde, a world-leading gases and engineering company
with its outstanding adsorption and
membrane plant technology,
join forces and competencies.
The collaboration is a strong signal to
the natural gas industry and will open access
to previously inaccessible gas compositions for treatment.
Detlef Ruff,
Senior Vice President Process Catalysts at BASF
“The partnership leverages
the strengths of both companies
and expands the market reach of Durasorb™,
allowing BASF to serve together with Linde
an even greater portion of
the fast-growing natural gas industry,”
Tobias Keller,
Executive Vice President of Linde Engineering’s
Product Line Adsorption and Membrane Plants
“We are enthusiastic to cooperate with BASF
in this strategically important market.
A proper and sophisticated pretreatment of natural gas
is key to deploy the full potential
of high-performance membranes,“
Media Contacts
BASF SE
Media Relations
Kerstin Hoffmann
Phone: +49 621 60-29875
Linde AG
Engineering Division
Susan Scheidler
Phone: +49 89 7445 4727
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