Production / Operations
Aduro Reports NGP Pilot Plant Campaign Results, Achieving 86% Liquid Hydrocarbon Yield
Pilot plant validation confirms process robustness, but commercialization timeline and cash burn remain the primary valuation drivers.

Executive Summary
- Aduro Clean Technologies reported successful operating campaign results from its Next Generation Process (NGP) Pilot Plant.
- The campaign ran under a 24/4 operating model for 47 hours, achieving steady-state conditions after ~12 hours and maintaining them for 35 hours.
- The process achieved an 86% liquid hydrocarbon recovery rate from polypropylene feedstock.
- Approximately 85% of the recovered liquid product falls within the C20-and-below range, aligning with naphtha cracker feedstock specifications.
- Results validate the pilot plant's operability, support planning for longer-duration 24/7 campaigns with mixed feedstocks, and provide critical data to refine the engineering design basis for the planned First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) Industrial Plant.
Material Impact
- News Type: Operations Update / Pilot Plant Results.
- Financial Impact: None directly disclosed. The company remains in a pre-commercialization phase with minimal revenue and ongoing operating losses.
- Strategic Impact: Confirms the NGP pilot plant is performing as designed, reducing technical execution risk ahead of the FOAK plant. It does not alter the commercialization timeline, pricing, or capital requirements.
- Market Context: This is a logical follow-up to the February 2026 announcement regarding the pilot plant's transition to operating campaigns. The milestone is expected and incremental to the broader scale-up roadmap.
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Company Overview
- Aduro Clean Technologies is a clean technology company developing Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT), a water-based chemical recycling process that converts waste plastics into low-olefin, low-heteroatom hydrocarbons suitable for petrochemical steam cracking.
- The company is also expanding HCT applications to paraffinic and waxy crude oils, with recent bench-scale validation and patent filings.
- Core initiatives include operating the NGP Pilot Plant in London, Ontario, and developing a FOAK Industrial Plant at Chemelot Industrial Park in the Netherlands, targeting ~10,000 tonnes/year initial capacity.
- The company operates in the pre-commercialization phase, focusing on technology validation, pilot operations, and commercialization roadmap development.
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