Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a major contract by Blue Point Number One, a joint venture between CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.), JERA Co., Inc. (Tokyo), and Mitsui & C0., for the Blue Point Number One ATR Project in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. This project aims to deliver the world’s largest low-carbon ammonia plant with a capacity of approximately 1.4 million metric tons per year (m.t./yr).
Technip Energies will perform the engineering, procurement, equipment and module fabrication for the production facility, leveraging its expertise in modularization and project delivery excellence. Working with Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) to integrate its SynCOR Ammonia technology, Technip Energies will draw on its proven ability to integrate cutting-edge technologies into industrial-scale projects.
The Blue Point Number One ATR Project is expected to enable greater than 95 % CO2 recovery, representing a significant step forward for the ammonia industry. The low-carbon ammonia produced will be used to meet what is expected to be robust global demand for both traditional and new applications. Ammonia offers a low-cost liquid energy vector compared with other modes of hydrogen transport. The significant improvement in technology will contribute to its further development as a viable, low-carbon solution for power generation, marine fuels and other markets.
Arnaud Pieton, CEO of Technip Energies, commented: “We are delighted to be entrusted by CF Industries, JERA, and Mitsui with BluePoint Number One ATR, a landmark project for the low-carbon ammonia industry that highlights our capabilities in delivering large-scale facilities that integrate state-of-the-art technologies. By leveraging our modularization know-how and project delivery excellence, we are paving the way for low-carbon ammonia production at scale. Technip Energies is part of the solution in a global effort towards a pragmatic, yet ambitious decarbonization.”