2019 - 2025

Shell's investment in chemical recycling projects

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2025

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February 2025In Europe, Shell and RES Group sign long-term supply agreement for pyrolysis oil produced at RES’s plastics treatment and transformation industrial hub of Pettoranello del Molise, Italy. Shell will process the pyrolysis oil at its Chemicals Park in Moerdijk.

2024

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November 2024In Europe, Shell starts-up the Market Development Upgrader, with the capacity to purify 50KT of pyrolysis oil per year. The unit is located at the Chemical Park Moerdijk.

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September 2024In Europe, Shell and Corsair sign supply agreement for pyrolysis oil from post-consumer plastic waste produced at Corsair’s chemical recycling facility in Jämsä, Finland. Shell will process the pyrolysis oil at its Chemicals Park in Moerdijk.

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August 2024In Europe, Shell and Trifol Resources sign supply agreement for pyrolysis oil produced at their new plant in Tipperary, Ireland. The pyrolysis oil will be processed at Shell’s Chemicals Park in Moerdijk.

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March 2024In Europe, GreenDot started supplying Shell with pyrolysis oil made from post-consumer plastic waste, which will be used in the startup of Shell’s pyrolysis upgrader unit at its Chemicals Park in Moerdijk.

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January 2024Shell and Braskem will collaborate to increase the amount of circular content used in Braskem’s production of polypropylene as part of a wider value chain enhancement.

2023

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September 2023In Europe, Shell and LBC Tank Terminals sign a five-year storage agreement for pyrolysis oil in the Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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August 2023 In Europe, Shell and Lamor Recycling sign supply agreement of pyrolysis oil from their new recycling facility in Porvoo, Finland. Shell will process the pyrolysis oil at its chemicals parks.

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July 2023In Europe, Shell and PreZero sign a cooperation agreement to develop an innovative chemical recycling solution along the value chain for currently hard to recycle plastic streams.

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April 2023In Europe, Shell and Agilyx sign MOU for Agilyx to explore the development of a 35kta chemical recycling facility to recycle polystyrene waste, and Shell will offtake the circular output to process in its chemical parks.

2022

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December 2022In the US, Shell and Freepoint Eco-Systems sign long-term exclusive supply agreement of pyrolysis oil from their new plastics recycling facility in Ohio. Shell will use the pyrolysis oil at its Energy and Chemicals Park Norco in Louisiana.

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October 2022In Thailand, Shell and Sepco Industries, sign supply agreement for pyrolysis oil, derived from municipal solid waste plastic, to use at Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore.

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May 2022Shell invests in second pyrolysis upgrader unit at its Chemicals Park Moerdijk.

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April 2022In Malaysia, Shell and Dialog Group Berhad, sign LOU to explore potential to build a unit to produce pyrolysis oil derived from plastic waste.

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March 2022In Germany, Shell and Remondis sign MOU to cooperate in closing the loop on collection and sorting of waste including plastic and biomass.

2021

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December 2021Shell invests in a pyrolysis upgrader unit at its Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore.

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October 2021Shell and Environmental Solutions Asia sign supply agreement of pyrolysis oil to use at its Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore.

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July 2021Shell and Pryme sign pyrolysis oil supply agreements to use in Shell’s chemicals plants in Europe.

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March 2021Investment in BlueAlp to develop, scale-up, and deploy BlueAlp’s plastic waste to chemicals feedstock technology in Europe.

2019

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July 2019First use of pyrolysis oil made from plastic feedstock in our plant in Norco, Lousianna.

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April 2019Shell and Nexus Fuels sign strategic supply agreement for pyrolysis oil to use at Shell’s chemicals plant in Louisiana.