Key Takeaways:
- Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. has successfully graduated from the Shell GameChanger program, a multi-year collaboration to advance emerging technologies in chemical decarbonization.
- Aduro’s Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT) has shown promising results in converting mixed waste plastics into high-quality hydrocarbons, with over 80% liquid hydrocarbons yield and lower gas and char formation.
- The technology has the potential to decarbonize chemicals manufacturing and enable circular feedstock pathways.
- Aduro plans to remain in contact with Shell and provide updates on the operations of its newly commissioned Pilot Plant and progress toward its Demonstration-scale facility.
- The company’s technology relies on water as a critical agent and operates at relatively low temperatures and cost, making it a game-changing approach to converting low-value feedstocks into resources for the 21st century.
Introduction to Aduro Clean Technologies
Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. is a clean technology company that uses the power of chemistry to transform lower-value feedstocks, such as waste plastics, heavy bitumen, and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century. The company has recently announced its successful graduation from the Shell GameChanger program, a milestone that marks the culmination of a multi-year collaboration under Shell’s Chemical Decarbonisation innovation call. This initiative was launched to identify and advance emerging technologies with the potential to reduce carbon intensity in the chemical sector and enable circular feedstock pathways.
The Shell GameChanger Program
Aduro was accepted into the Shell GameChanger program following a competitive review that identified its Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT) as a potentially promising approach to producing high-quality hydrocarbons from mixed waste plastics. The program provided Aduro with the opportunity to conduct a series of technical evaluations to assess the performance of its patented chemistry, including selectivity toward steam-crackable hydrocarbons, suppression of olefin formation, and tolerance to common contaminants. The results of these evaluations were promising, with the process yielding over 80% liquid hydrocarbons and lower gas and char formation.
Advancements in Hydrochemolytic Technology
The results of the technical evaluations confirm that Hydrochemolytic Technology holds the potential to convert complex, contaminated waste plastics into high-quality liquid hydrocarbons under continuous operation, using readily available industrial equipment. The program also provided external validation of Aduro’s process-design model, establishing confidence in its engineering scale-up pathway from continuous flow reactor to Next Generation Process (NGP) Pilot Plant and future Demonstration Plant stages. The insights gained through this collaboration have supported ongoing efforts to optimize process performance and informed the company’s ongoing Pilot Plant commissioning and the engineering design of its Demonstration-scale facility.
Graduation from the GameChanger Program
Graduation from the GameChanger program represents the successful conclusion of an intensive, multi-year external validation process that strengthened engineering and commercial readiness. While the formal engagement concludes at this stage, Aduro plans to remain in contact with Shell, providing updates on the operations of its newly commissioned Pilot Plant and on the progress toward its Demonstration-scale facility. The company’s CEO, Ofer Vicus, expressed his appreciation to the Shell GameChanger team for their guidance and support, stating that their engagement has been instrumental in helping Aduro reach this milestone and reinforcing its role as a developer of chemical technologies that enable practical solutions for the energy transition.
About Aduro Clean Technologies
Aduro Clean Technologies is a developer of patented water-based technologies to chemically recycle waste plastics, convert heavy crude and bitumen into lighter, more valuable oil, and transform renewable oils into higher-value fuels or renewable chemicals. The company’s Hydrochemolytic Technology relies on water as a critical agent in a chemistry platform that operates at relatively low temperatures and cost, making it a game-changing approach to converting low-value feedstocks into resources for the 21st century. For further information, please contact Abe Dyck, Head of Business Development and Investor Relations, or Jack Perkins, Senior Vice President at KCSA Strategic Communications.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws, including the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events, or developments that the company plans, expects, intends, anticipates, or believes will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These include statements regarding the company’s graduation from the Shell GameChanger program, the advancement and scale-up of the company’s Hydrochemolytic Technology, the development, commissioning, and operation of the Pilot Plant and Demonstration Plant, commercialization plans and timelines, future partnerships or offtake agreements, and the anticipated advantages of the technology compared to conventional processes. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those expressed or implied.
