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Australian project management firm Worley has signed an engineering contract to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the cogeneration component of chemical company Dow’s flagship blue hydrogen-based chemicals complex in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.
Under the engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) deal, Worley will deliver a brownfield cogeneration facility with integrated post-combustion carbon capture for the Path2Zero project.
Dow and Worley expect the facility to be operational by the end of 2030.
In September, Dow’s CEO said the project would be by up to two years amid market weakness, delaying what was positioned as a showcase for hydrogen in chemicals decarbonisation.
Dow says the $11.5bn Path2Zero project could support the decarbonisation of 20% of Dow’s global ethylene capacity and produce 3.2 million metric tonnes of certified low- to zero-carbon polyethylene and derivatives annually.
The site is expected to be the first global integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives facility with net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions.
In August 2024, industrial gas major Linde said it would to build, own, and operate a large-scale blue hydrogen and atmospheric gases production facility to support the development.
