首批获认证的低碳氨由沙特阿拉伯运往日本，将用于清洁发电
获认证的低碳氨被送往富士石油株式会社旗下的袖浦炼油厂用于混合燃料发电。
该项目支持日本发展氨能作为低碳能源解决方案的信念
沙特阿美、富士石油株式会社、沙特基础工业农业营养素公司、商船三井株式会社和日本石油工程株式会社合力打造重要里程碑
低碳氨在难以脱碳的领域应用潜力巨大
沙特阿拉伯达兰， 2023年4月20日 – 首船获独立认证的低碳氨已运抵日本，将用作发电燃料，这在构建低碳能源体系层面具有里程碑式意义。
本次交付的产品基于低碳氨价值链的多方协同。它由沙特基础工业营养素公司使用沙特阿美提供的原料生产，并由沙特阿美贸易公司出售给富士石油株式会社。商船三井株式会社将液态氨运往日本，并将低碳氨运送到袖浦炼油厂用于混合燃料发电。日本石油工程株式会社为此提供技术支持。
这批氨被认定为“低碳”，主要因为对其制造过程产生的二氧化碳进行了捕集并应用于下游业务。
作为日本2050年实现脱碳计划的一部分，经济产业省已宣布将氨作为清洁燃料，广泛应用于发电和船舶驱动。刚刚运抵日本的低碳氨是沙特阿美和沙特基础工业营养素公司为这种低碳燃料建立全球供应网络所做出努力的一部分。两家公司还计划向其他企业提供低碳氨以满足他们的早期需求。
这是一个新的里程碑，证实了采用沙特阿美原料生产低碳氨和低碳氢的可行性，这一技术路线在低碳发展中极具应用潜力。低碳氨不仅是低碳氢的一种载体，而且它本身就是一种重要的能源，可以助力如公用事业和工业部门等关键部门在发电方面实现脱碳。通过将这种获得认证的低碳氨运往日本，我们正在协助制定这一重要商品的发展路线。
Olivier Thorel
沙特阿美化工业务高级副总裁
我们的目标是充分认识这一重要里程碑的意义，为碳中和做出更大积极贡献。我们不仅公开承诺在2050年前实现碳中和，而且通过合作助力客户实现净零排放目标。能源、化肥和化工行业的客户正在寻找低碳氢能与氨能的供应商。我们可以利用我们在整个价值链中长久以来的优势来满足他们的需求。
Abdulrahman Shamsaddin
沙特基础工业农业营养素公司首席执行官
日本的目标是到2050年实现碳中和，低碳氨有望成为减少排放的下一代燃料。为了减少运营中的碳排放，我们一直在研究在袖浦炼油厂的锅炉中混烧蓝氨；这些氨是炼油工艺的副产品。在合作伙伴的配合下，我们计划在同一个锅炉中混烧本次进口的低碳蓝氨。我们将继续努力，为氨供应链的建设贡献力量。
山本重人
富士石油株式会社总裁兼首席执行官
由沙特阿美、沙特基础工业公司与日本伙伴展开的本次合作极大地推动了我们为实现可持续发展目标所做出的努力，具有里程碑式意义。
Mohammed Al-Mulhim
沙特阿美贸易公司首席执行官
氨能作为下一代清洁能源，预计需求量会很大。日本计划在2050年前实现碳中和，我们很高兴将获得独立认证的低碳氨从沙特阿拉伯运回日本。我们的目标是根据客户需求，在多种运输方式中提供安全、可靠的服务。通过知识积累并深度融入全球价值链，我们希望为社会的脱碳做出贡献。
田中利明
商船三井株式会社代表董事兼执行副总裁
早在2020年，作为示范项目，沙特美与沙特基础工业公司合作将全球第一船低碳氨运往日本。两年后， 沙特阿美与沙特基础工业营养素公司获得世界上第一个低碳氢和低碳氨产品的独立认证。2022年底，双方向韩国交付了世界上第一批获得认证的低碳氨。通过本次在日本进一步应用，低碳氨已渐成主流。
First accredited low-carbon ammonia shipment for power generation dispatched from Saudi Arabia to Japan
The accredited low-carbon ammonia was transported to the Fuji Oil Company’s Sodegaura Refinery for use in co-fired power generation
Project supports Japan’s ambitions to harness ammonia as a lower-carbon energy solution
Aramco, FOC, SABIC AN, MOL, and JOE collaborate to deliver important milestone
Low-carbon ammonia has significant potential to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, April 20, 2023 – A first shipment of independently-certified low-carbon ammonia has arrived in Japan for use as fuel in power generation. It represents another milestone in the development of this lower-carbon energy solution.
The shipment is the result of a successful multiparty collaboration across the low-carbon ammonia value chain. The ammonia was produced by SABIC Agri-Nutrients (“SABIC AN”) with feedstock from Aramco, and sold by Aramco Trading Company to the Fuji Oil Company (“FOC”). Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (“MOL”) was tasked with shipping the liquid to Japan, then the low-carbon ammonia was transported to the Sodegaura Refinery for use in co-fired power generation, with technical support provided by Japan Oil Engineering Co (“JOE”).
The ammonia is categorized as low-carbon because CO2 from the associated manufacturing process was captured and utilized in downstream applications.
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has announced plans to increasingly harness ammonia as a fuel for power generation and for ship propulsion, as part of the country’s 2050 decarbonization goals. The low-carbon ammonia that reached Japan is part of broader efforts by Aramco and SABIC AN to establish a global supply network for this lower-carbon fuel. Aramco and SABIC AN aim to supply low-carbon ammonia to other players to meet their early demand needs.
This is another milestone that highlights the possibilities for low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia made from Aramco feedstock, with the potential to play a role in a lower-carbon future. Not only is low-carbon ammonia a means to transport lower-carbon hydrogen, it is an important energy source in its own right that can help decarbonize key sectors – including power generation for both utilities and industries. By dispatching this accredited low-carbon ammonia to Japan, we are helping chart a course for the development of this vital commodity.
Olivier Thorel
Aramco Senior Vice President of Chemicals
Our aim is to capitalize on this important milestone to grow and expand our positive contribution toward carbon neutrality. SABIC Agri-Nutrients made a public commitment not only to become carbon neutral by 2050 but also to collaborate with customers to help them achieve their net-zero emission targets. Customers in the energy, fertilizer and chemical sectors are looking for suppliers of lower-carbon hydrogen and ammonia. And we can meet their demand by leveraging our long-standing strengths across the value chain.
Abdulrahman Shamsaddin
SABIC AN CEO
As Japan aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, low-carbon ammonia is expected to be a next-generation fuel that can contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions. In order to reduce CO2 emissions from our own operations, we have been working on co-firing ammonia, which is a by-product of the petroleum refining process, in the boiler at our Sodegaura Refinery, and we plan to burn low-carbon ammonia imported this time with the cooperation of our partners in the same boiler. We will continue these efforts to contribute to the construction of the ammonia supply chain.
Shigeto Yamamoto
FOC Representative Director, President
This landmark achievement is an example of excellent collaboration across businesses within Aramco, SABIC, Aramco Trading and our Japanese partners, and indeed a major boost for our sustainability efforts.
Mohammed Al-Mulhim
Aramco Trading Company CEO
Ammonia is expected to be in great demand as a next-generation, clean energy source. Japan aims to achieve a carbon-neutral society by 2050, and we are very pleased to transport independently-certified low-carbon ammonia from Saudi Arabia to Japan. We are aiming for a track record of safe, reliable services across multiple transportation modes, in accordance with our customers’ needs. By combining accumulated knowledge and proactively participating in a broad range of value chains, we hope to contribute to the decarbonization of society.
Toshiaki Tanaka
MOL Representative Director, Executive Vice President Executive Officer
In 2020, Aramco collaborated with SABIC to dispatch the world’s first shipment of low-carbon ammonia to Japan in a demonstration project. Then, in 2022, Aramco and SABIC AN received the world’s first independent accreditation for low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia products. By the end of that year, the two companies had delivered the world’s first accredited low-carbon ammonia shipment to South Korea. The latest shipment to Japan brings this lower-carbon energy solution one step closer to the mainstream.
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