Shell has completed construction of a 50,000 t/yr unit that can upgrade pyrolysis oil at its site in Moerdijk, the Netherlands.
The upgrader purifies pyrolysis oil, derived from plastic waste, so it can be used as a feedstock for the cracker at Moerdijk to produce new chemicals.
Shell recently signed a supply deal with Brazilian petrochemical and polymer producer Braskem to supply "circular" feedstock for polypropylene (PP) production from pyrolysis oil processed at Moerdijk.
In July Shell secured a pyrolysis oil offtake agreement with German waste management and recycling organisation Der Gruene Punkt. Shell signed an offtake agreement in 2021 with chemical recycler Pryme.
