BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 18. Honeywell, the US-based company and SOCAR Türkiye have already started planning workshops and other initiatives to advance their collaboration in sustainability, Uygar Doyuran, Honeywell President for Türkiye, Israel and Central Asia, told Trend.
Honeywell has signed a cooperation protocol with SOCAR Türkiye to develop sustainability projects on issues such as monitoring and management of carbon emissions, energy efficiency, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), and advanced plastic recycling.
“Honeywell Forge Sustainability+ for Industrials, UpCycle Process Technology, and the EcofiningTM process are the prominent technologies developed by Honeywell. Under the MoU Honeywell plans to mobilize these and its other solutions and expertise to help SOCAR Türkiye achieve its sustainability goals.
Honeywell is a longtime partner of SOCAR Türkiye and is the sole automation provider of the STAR refinery in particular. With this signed MoU, the two giant companies have announced that they have decided to join forces to explore a range of projects related to sustainability and to driving forward a sustainable energy transition. While it is too early to give specifics on when we expect commercial agreements for these projects to commence, the two parties have already started planning workshops and other initiatives to advance their collaboration in this space,” said Doyuran.
He noted that the cooperation between the two companies covers all SOCAR Türkiye's assets and all Honeywell's sustainability technologies.
“In this context, Honeywell will allocate all of its available technologies, products, knowledge and expertise, including those listed above, to support SOCAR Türkiye's sustainability goals,” said Doyuran.
Honeywell offers a unique set of products to help optimize the processes and reduce emissions. Process optimization and energy efficiency tools like digital twin, used for “what-if” scenario analysis, help improve design and operation to reduce emissions, while flare gas recovery systems are intended for flare avoidance. Additionally, tailored options that can help meet specific sustainability goals include carbon capture, improved electrolyzer hydrogen production from catalyst coated membranes & end-use hydrogen-ready burners, renewable fuels (i.e. eco-fining biomass to biofuels), and energy storage.
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