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McDermott, KBR sign

ammonia licensing

agreement

ASIA ENERGY services specialist McDermott Inter- value to our clients as they scale and accelerate
national announced the signing of a deal this their energy transition initiatives.”
week that will see it provide “integrated solu- The two companies will work together to
tions” for fellow services firm KBR’s proprietary evaluate opportunities to deliver modular “exe-
ammonia technologies. cution concepts” for green and blue ammonia
The two US companies will target the grow- projects.
ing ammonia market by combining KBR’s tech- Significant investments are being made in
nology with McDermott’s “global execution ammonia projects around the world as pro-
capabilities and fabrication and modularisation ducers and developers covet its properties as a
expertise.” hydrogen carrier for transportation.
In a statement accompanying the announce- Given the nascent nature of the sector,
ment, Tareq Kawash, McDermott’s senior vice other options are also being considered, with,
president for onshore, said: “This agreement for example, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.
enables us to offer customers an integrated (ADNOC) signing up to a joint study with
approach for low-carbon ammonia projects Japan’s Mitsui and its biggest refiner ENEOS
by combining KBR’s best-in-class ammonia for the development of a 200,000 tonne per year
technology with our global project delivery (tpy) blue hydrogen supply chain connecting the
know-how, low-carbon execution approach and two countries, leveraging methylcyclohexane
leadership in ammonia storage solutions.” (MCH) as a carrier.
He added: “This technology partnership is Meanwhile, in March last year, a deal was
an important addition to our growing energy agreed that would see South Korea’s Hyundai
transition portfolio and strengthens our con- Oilbank import LPG from Saudi Aramco, which
cept-to-completion capabilities.” would be converted to hydrogen for use in des-
Meanwhile, KBR’s senior vice president for ulphurisation facilities and for fuelling vehicles.
global sales, Aman Ahmad, said: “This agree- The Korean company will capture the emitted
ment will enable KBR and McDermott to lever- CO2 and re-export it back to Aramco for use in
age each other’s strengths to deliver exceptional enhanced oil recovery (EOR).™

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