Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan on Feb. 27 announced that it has agreed with Mitsubishi Corp. and Swiss-based Proman to participate in the development of the proposed 1.2 million mt/y clean ammonia production project in Lake Charles, La.
The project, which is currently undergoing a Front-End Engineering Study (FEED) is located at Proman’s existing site in Lake Charles, adjacent to the company’s natural gas-to-methanol plant, which is also under development (GM Oct. 20, 2023).
Production is targeted by fiscal year 2030. The project would adopt the SynCOR™ of Topsøe A/S and the Advanced KM CDR Process™ developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) in collaboration with Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc.
Idemitsu aims to establish an ammonia import terminal utilizing the existing infrastructure at the Tokuyama plant (Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture), and supply over 1 million mt/y of clean ammonia by 2030 to various industrial companies, including those that produce and supply materials in the chemicals and steel sectors.
Mitsubishi plans to turn its part of the LPG terminal located in Namikata-cho, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, into an ammonia terminal and supply clean ammonia for various industrial applications, mainly in the Shikoku and Chugoku regions.
Both Idemitsu and Mitsubishi intend to supply clean ammonia produced by the project to Japan through these terminals.