Chemicals industry

Highly complex. Continuously evolving. And increasingly concerned about reducing its carbon footprint. 

That’s the chemicals industry today as it navigates changing market dynamics, regulations and feedstock supply.  Our industry-leading solutions ensure cleaner, safer, more reliable, effective, and energy efficient operations across a broad range of chemical processes. 

Let’s meet the challenges together. 

Topsoe and Chemicals 

The vast majority of chemicals produced today rely on fossil fuels as an energy source or a feedstock – often both. As a result, out of all the world’s industries, chemicals is currently the second highest emitter of CO₂.¹ To address this, the chemicals industry is investing in production processes that create lower emissions.  

Syngas is an essential building block in many different chemical processes. At Topsoe we offer several types of reforming technologies for producing high-purity syngas from natural gas and a wide variety of alternative feedstock solutions. It can be used to create green ammonia, green methanol and blue hydrogen, all of which can play crucial roles in the production of zero- or low-emissions chemical products. 

We at Topsoe have a deep understanding of a broad range of syngas-based chemicals, and a portfolio of chemicals industry solutions that can be integrated to provide unmatched flexibility and efficiency.  

Both ammonia and methanol are key building blocks for many chemical processes. We can help you produce them sustainably with drastically reduced CO₂ emissions. 

Addressing your needs 

Our autothermal reforming technology is also ideal for use in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) setups and makes it feasible to capture more than 95% of the CO₂ emissions from your chemical plant.  

As a leader in green and blue ammonia synthesis, we can meet your green ammonia production needs, with both stick-built and modular plant options. Both offer superior efficiency and a long lifetime of unmatched performance. Our dynamic ammonia synthesis loop also has the flexibility to allow for fluctuating feedstock supplies. 

We, at Topsoe, have supplied methanol loops and carried out converter revamps for over 40 years and have more than 50 references worldwide. To meet decarbonization goals, we developed our proven ModuLite™ solution to now feature dynamic operation for optimal handling of green hydrogen feedstock for the optimized production of green methanol. 

Circular solutions are increasingly favoured in the chemicals industry. Our groundbreaking PureStep™ solution removes impurities from liquified feedstock, meaning new plastic can be created from low-grade mixed waste, including tires, municipal solid waste and products containing PVC. 

¹ https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/esg/the-energy-transition/net-zero-chemicals-industry-transformation.html