Avina Clean Hydrogen Completes FEED for 800,000 MTPA Clean Ammonia Facility

Avina Clean Hydrogen Completes FEED for 800,000 MTPA Clean Ammonia Facility

Short Hills, NJ – January 10, 2025 – Avina Clean Hydrogen (Avina), a leading clean fuel
solutions provider, is pleased to announce the successful completion of Front-End
Engineering Design (FEED) and Front-End-Loading (FEL-3) for its 2,200 metric tons per day
(MTPD) clean ammonia facility located in Texas Gulf Coast. With a Final Investment Decision
(FID) targeted in 2025, this is a major milestone for the industry as it represents the first
announced completion of FEED for a large-scale clean ammonia facility in the United States.

KBR, a global leader in ammonia technology with decades of experience designing and
executing large-scale ammonia plants worldwide, had previously provided the Basic
Engineering Design (BED) package for the plant. KBR continued to support design activities,
ensuring an advanced and efficient design tailored to meet stringent environmental and
operational standards.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) led the overall FEED effort, bringing its engineering, procurement and
modularization capabilities to support the project’s design and estimation. EXCEL, a leading
construction contractor in the ammonia sector, led the constructability effort in FEED,
leveraging their recent experience in executing similar world- class ammonia plants in the
Texas Gulf Coast region. FEED scope included engineering design of ammonia synthesis
loop, hydrogen and ammonia storage, electrolytic hydrogen production, renewable power
integration and engineering design of OSBL facilities.

Advancing Clean Fuel Production
The Gulf Coast Clean Ammonia facility is designed to meet the surging global demand for
clean fuels. Scheduled to commence operations in 2028, it will produce up to 800,000
metric tons per annum (MTPA) of clean ammonia by utilizing a blend of blue and electrolytic
hydrogen. The facility will comply with Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO)
standards, aligning with European Union guidelines. Additionally, facility will benefit from
existing natural gas and carbon sequestration infrastructure in the Texas Gulf Coast.

Project Highlights:

• Flexible Hydrogen Sources: The facility is designed to integrate up to 280 MTPD of
  blue hydrogen, enabling the production of up to 600,000 MTPA of blue ammonia. In
  addition, the FEED process included close collaboration with leading electrolyzer
  manufacturers and renewable energy suppliers to optimize the plant design.
• Secured Water Supply and Interconnection Studies: Avina has signed long-term
  water supply agreement with the local water district, ensuring sufficient water access
  to produce 800,000 MTPA of clean ammonia. Interconnection studies have been
  completed to ensure sufficient access to 1GW of transmission capacity.
• Low CI Pre-Certification: The overall facility is also well positioned to deliver low CI
  ammonia to the European RFNBO compliance markets at a highly competitive rate.
  Moreover, the green process has achieved Tier 1 Clean Hydrogen Pre-Certification
  from the Korean Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) with an outstanding Well-to-Gate
  carbon intensity (CI) score of 0.04 kgCO₂e/kgH₂.
• Oil & Gas Sector Partnerships: The facility will take advantage of the vast network of
  pipelines, storage and terminal facilities operated by leading players in the Oil & Gas
  sector in the Texas Gulf Coast region.

Vishal Shah, Founder & CEO of Avina Clean Hydrogen Inc, said :

Our Texas Gulf Coast clean ammonia facility will leverage existing energy i nfrastructure,create several hundred high paying jobs and make United States a dominant producer of next
generation fuels.

“We are incredibly grateful to industry leading players such as KBR, L&T and EXCEL that have each brought their highly valuable expertise to this groundbreaking project,”

Jay Ibrahim, KBR President, Sustainable Technology Solutions, said :

KBR is pleased to witness Avina’s progress in its clean ammonia project and we are proud to support them with our leading ammonia technology offering for this world scale facility in
Texas,

Derek M Shah, Senior Vice President & Head, L&T Energy Green Mfg. & Development,
said:

We are glad to have contributed to this groundbreaking initiative in large-scale Clean Ammonia production, which aligns with our commitment to advancing sustainable energy
solutions.

“Our integrated capabilities and proven track record in top-tier project management, advanced design & engineering along with world-class modular fabrication expertise will ensure the highest standards of execution for this landmark project.”

Matthew Shoriak, Executive Vice President of EXCEL Group, shares:

EXCEL is excited to have contributed to the successful completion of the FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) Phase for the Avina Clean Hydrogen project. Our EPC Front-End Services division leveraged decades of expertise, while working with the Project partners, to deliver actionable and reliable information for enhancing project certainty with our client.

“This milestone, and technology, marks another “first” in the EXCEL portfolio of Clean
Ammonia Projects. EXCEL is eager to continue our collaboration throughout the entire
project lifecycle, as well as further contributions to Avina’s future endeavors,”

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