BOC opens its carbon dioxide facility in Vic

BOC has begun supplying carbon dioxide to the market from its new merchant carbon dioxide processing facility in Longford, Victoria.

Claimed to be the largest merchant processing facility in the South Pacific, the facility is capable of producing more than 60,000 tonnes of beverage-grade liquid CO₂ annually. It is designed to support a range of Australian industries, including medical, food processing, beverage, hospitality and manufacturing, and also has the ability to provide back-up for the New Zealand market.

Theo Martin, Managing Director of Linde South Pacific and Head of BOC, said he was pleased that the new CO₂ processing facility in Longford could provide opportunities for its customers.

“Capable of producing such a large amount of beverage-grade CO₂ annually, this plant significantly increases BOC’s national CO₂ production capacity and will improve reliability of supply to our customers, particularly those on the east coast of Australia and beyond,” Martin said.

Featuring the latest Linde technologies and quality control processes, 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 CO₂ from its Longford Gas Conditioning Plant directly to BOC’s new facility.

Image caption: BOC’s new CO₂ processing facility in Longford. Image: Supplied