Houston-based KBR announced on Jan. 10 that its blue ammonia technology has been selected by Tokyo-based INPEX Corp. and Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries Inc. for the 1.1 million mt/y ammonia production and export project in the US Gulf Coast (GM Oct. 6, 2023).
KBR will provide technology licensing and proprietary engineering design, which will capture carbon while maximizing yields.
KBR also announced on Jan. 8 that its K-GreeN® technology has been selected by a consortium consisting of Lotte Chemical, KNOC (Korea National Oil Corp.), and Samsung Engineering for Lotte’s H2biscus green ammonia project development in Sarawak, Malaysia. KBR will provide technology license and proprietary engineering design to Lotte for its green ammonia project that will produce 800,000 mt/y green ammonia from hydropower.