Samsung E&A won the front end engineering design (FEED) for a U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant.
Samsung E&A said on the 15th that on the 12th it signed a contract with DG Fuels (Fuels), a U.S. SAF project developer, for FEED work on the "U.S. Louisiana SAF Production Project."
The company will execute the clean hydrogen production package among the two total packages. The contract is worth about 23 billion won (about $15.7 million), and the duration is about 10 months. After completing FEED, Samsung E&A is aiming to secure the main EPC contract, which is known to be worth about $3 billion (about 4.4 trillion won).
The project, to be built in St. James Parish, Louisiana, will use abundant waste resources such as agricultural byproducts and woody biomass from the area as feedstock to produce 600,000 tons of SAF annually. In this project, Samsung E&A is in charge of blue hydrogen facilities, including an air separation unit (ASU), an auto thermal reformer (ATR), and carbon dioxide capture, as well as green hydrogen facilities based on water electrolysis technology.
With this contract following the 1.4 trillion won Malaysia SAF order at the end of last year, Samsung E&A has moved to fully enter the global SAF market. SAF is aviation fuel produced from bio-based feedstock instead of conventional fossil fuels, which can significantly cut carbon emissions.
A Samsung E&A official said, "We will leverage successful FEED execution to secure the linked main project," adding, "Through this, we will cement our foothold in North America, a new market we are cultivating, and expand participation in new energy transition businesses."