AUSTRALIA | Leading gas and engineering company BOC, a Linde company, has begun supplying carbon dioxide (CO2) to the market from the region’s largest merchant carbon dioxide processing facility in Longford, Victoria.
Construction of the new facility was completed in late 2024, with the commissioning phase continuing throughout January and February.
The facility, which can produce more than 60,000 tonnes of beverage-grade liquid CO2 annually, will now support a raft of Australian industries, including medical, food processing, beverage, hospitality, and manufacturing.
Theo Martin, managing director of Linde South Pacific and head of BOC, said CO2 from the new facility would immediately positively impact Australia’s CO2 production capacity and enable it to back up the New Zealand market.
"We are excited by the opportunity our new carbon dioxide processing facility in Longford presents for our business and customers,” said Martin.
“Capable of producing such a large amount of beverage-grade carbon dioxide annually, this plant significantly increases BOC’s national CO2 production capacity and will improve supply reliability to our customers, particularly those on the east coast of Australia and beyond.”
The Longford carbon dioxide processing facility features the latest Linde technologies and quality control processes to provide the highest standard of CO2.
The new facility is underpinned by a long-term supply agreement with the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture (GBJV), a 50-50 joint venture between Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd (Esso) and Woodside Energy Pty Ltd.
Under the agreement, GBJV will capture and send carbon dioxide from its Longford Gas Conditioning Plant directly to BOC's new facility.
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