SAMSUNG E&A has secured a contract worth approximately KRW 23 billion (USD 15.7 million) for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) of a sustainable aviation fuel production plant in the United States. The company announced on December 15th that it signed the contract with DG Fuels, a US SAF project developer, on December 12th for the Louisiana SAF Production Project.

Project Details and Scope

The project will be built in St. James Parish, Louisiana, USA, and is designed to produce 600,000 tons of SAF annually, using abundant regional waste resources, such as agricultural byproducts and woody biomass, as raw materials. SAMSUNG E&A will execute the clean hydrogen production package from a total of two packages available for the project.

The contract is expected to take approximately 10 months to complete. SAMSUNG E&A will be responsible for blue hydrogen facilities, including ASU (Air Separation Unit), ATR (Auto Thermal Reformer), and carbon dioxide capture, as well as green hydrogen facilities based on water electrolysis technology.

Strategic Market Entry and Future Prospects

This contract marks SAMSUNG E&A's full-scale entry into the global clean energy market. The company aims to secure a linked contract for the main project upon completion of the basic design, with the total project size estimated at approximately USD 3 billion (KRW 4.5 trillion).

Following the KRW 1.4 trillion Malaysian SAF order secured late last year, this Louisiana project represents the company's continued expansion in the global SAF market. SAF, produced from biofuels instead of conventional fossil fuels, is attracting attention as a next-generation, eco-friendly energy source that significantly reduces carbon emissions.

Technology Portfolio and Recent Achievements

SAMSUNG E&A has been investing in and collaborating to secure core energy transition technologies, including SAF, carbon capture, hydrogen, ammonia, and LNG, aligned with its E&Able strategy, a new business model for the future energy transition. These efforts have produced tangible results in the clean energy sector.

Recent wins include a SAF plant in Malaysia, a biodegradable plastics plant in the UAE, a basic design for an eco-friendly LNG plant in Indonesia, a conceptual design for an LNG plant in North America, and a low-carbon ammonia plant in the US. The global decarbonization movement is driving major countries to mandate the use of SAF blends, and the SAF market is expected to expand steadily as a result.

Executive Commentary

Hong Namkoong, President and CEO of SAMSUNG E&A, stated that the company will continue to secure orders for this project by completing the FEED. He added that through this project, SAMSUNG E&A will solidify its position in the North American region, where it is expanding into new markets, and expand its participation in new energy transition businesses such as SAF, hydrogen, and carbon capture.

The company describes itself as a total solutions provider to the global energy industry and positions this contract as part of its accelerating push into the global clean energy market.

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