Samsung E&A Wins FEED Contract for US SAF Plant, Accelerates Clean Energy Market Expansion

FEED Contract Signed with DG Fuels
Related to US Louisiana SAF Production Project
Accelerating New Energy Transition Businesses
Further Contracts for Main Project Anticipated

On December 15, SAMSUNG E&A announced that on December 12, it had signed a contract with DG Fuels, a US sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) project developer, to undertake the front-end engineering design (FEED) work for the "US Louisiana SAF Production Project."

Location map related to the basic design work of the US SAF plant contracted by SAMSUNG E&A. SAMSUNG E&A

The contract covers one of two related packages, specifically the "clean hydrogen production" segment. The contract amount is 15.7 million dollars (approximately 23 billion won), and the project is expected to last about 10 months. Upon completion of the FEED phase, SAMSUNG E&A plans to pursue further contracts for the main project, which is reportedly valued at 3 billion dollars (about 4.4 trillion won).

The core of this project is to build a plant in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The facility will use abundant waste resources from the region, such as agricultural byproducts and woody biomass, as feedstock to produce 600,000 tons of SAF annually. SAF, which is aviation fuel produced from bio-based sources instead of conventional fossil fuels, can significantly reduce carbon emissions and is attracting attention as a next-generation eco-friendly energy source. With the global trend toward decarbonization, major countries are increasingly mandating the blending of SAF, and the SAF market is expected to expand further in the future.

In this project, SAMSUNG E&A will be responsible for blue hydrogen facilities such as air separation units (ASU), auto-thermal reformers (ATR), and carbon dioxide capture, as well as green hydrogen facilities based on water electrolysis technology. Through these efforts, the company aims to accelerate its entry into the global clean energy market. Previously, SAMSUNG E&A secured a contract for a Malaysian SAF project worth 1.4 trillion won last year.

SAMSUNG E&A is investing and collaborating to secure core energy transition technologies such as SAF, carbon capture, hydrogen, ammonia, and LNG, centering on its future energy transition business strategy, "E&ABLE." As a result of these efforts, the company has recently achieved tangible results in the clean energy sector, winning contracts for the Malaysian SAF plant, a UAE biodegradable plastics plant, the front-end engineering design for an Indonesian eco-friendly LNG plant, conceptual design for a North American LNG project, and a US low-carbon ammonia plant.