ENGIE foresees significant role in Oman green ammonia project

ENGIE foresees significant role in Oman green ammonia project

ENGIE, a global leader in low carbon energy and services, says it envisions a sizable role for itself in both the upstream and downstream components of a mega green ammonia project planned for development in a land block awarded by the Sultanate of Oman last month.

A consortium jointly headed by ENGIE and Korean steel conglomerate POSCO won the 340 sq kilometre land block in Duqm in a public auction overseen by Hydrom, the orchestrator and master planner of Oman's green hydrogen industry. Other partners in the consortium include Samsung Engineering, Korea East-West Power Co (EWP), Korea Southern Power Co. (KOSPO), and FutureTech Energy Ventures Company Ltd (a subsidiary of PTTEP).

The consortium is committed to bringing into commercial production an integrated complex comprising upstream solar and wind based elements for renewable electricity generation, electrolysers and a downstream green ammonia plant with a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2030.

In remarks to the Observer, a top executive said ENGIE’s role in the project is not limited to the development of renewable electricity – a core strength of the French multinational utility company – but will also span green ammonia production at the downstream end.

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