SES and Yima Establish Joint Project Office

Gasification solutions provider Synthesis Energy Systems and Chinese coal firm Yima Coal Industry Group have established a joint project office responsible for developing the integrated coal gasification to transportation fuels and chemical intermediates plant in the Henan Province of China.

Synthesis Energy Systems (SES) and Yima Coal Industry Group (Yima) have jointly funded the project office and have assigned a team of experienced managers to oversee the project’s development.

Upon the receipt of final project approvals and the execution of definitive agreements, a joint venture company will be established to build, own and operate the plant which will utilize SES’s licensed U-Gas technology to convert low-quality, high-ash coals into syngas and downstream products that will help supply the region’s growing needs for transportation fuels and chemical intermediates.

Zhai Yuantao, Yima’s president, said: “The establishment of the project office underscores our joint commitment to the construction of this facility and to the greater goal of providing China with a real, alternative energy source that is both environmentally responsible and economically attractive. We look forward to proceeding with this project as quickly as possible.”