Australia’s NeuRizer Ltd. (formerly Leigh Creek Energy), Adelaide, has approved the appointment of Houston-based KBR Inc. as ammonia licensor for its proposed 1 million mt/y urea project at Leigh Creek, located some 550 kilometers north of Adelaide and overlaying the Leigh Creek coalfield. The project will utilize in-situ gasification (ISG).
Under the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning (EPCC) contract between NeuRizer and South Korea’s DL E&C Co. Ltd., NeuRizer has the right to approve the appointment and selection of the technology providers and DL E&C has selected KBR as its ammonia licensor, the Australian company reported on April 7.
DL E&C was appointed the urea project’s EPCC partner in June 2021 (GM July 2, 2021). Under the licensor contract, KBR will deliver the Basic Engineering Design (BED) package and Final Piping and Instrumentation Design for the project. The urea technology/license for the project has yet to be appointed, but NeuRizer said this will occur soon.
Earlier this week, the Australian company announced it had inked an agreement with DL E&C for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for a carbon capture storage (CCS) facility at the urea project site. NeuRizer reported on April 4 that it plans to construct the carbon capture unit and storage facility for Stage 1 of the project.
“DL E&C recently demonstrated what is perhaps a world-first achievement in delivering ‘carbon negativity’ (i.e., removing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than produced) in a recent project in South Korea by combining bio-energy with carbon capture and utilization, or BECCU, with hopes of delivering this technology to Australia,” NeuRizer said.
The South Korean company has made substantial progress on the Bankable Feasibility Study and FEED required for the final investment decision on the urea project, planned for the fourth quarter of this year, NeuRizer reported.
The Australian company’s name change and rebranding was approved by shareholders at a general meeting last week, and is believed by the company to be a better reflection of its vision and business (GM April 1, p. 31).