Ulsan Mayor Kim Du-gyeom's 'Clean Energy' Business in Houston, USA

Ulsan Overseas Delegation Visits Houston Petrochemical Companies

SK Gas Discusses Hydrogen and Ammonia Carbon-Free Project

Visit to Largest US Energy Company, Plans for New Business Also Considered

Ulsan Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom and the Ulsan overseas delegation visited Houston, USA, on the 15th to hold business consultations with petrochemical and energy-related companies.

At 10 a.m. local time, Mayor Kim visited SK Gas Houston branch, a leading Korean energy company, and had a conversation with President Yoon Byung-seok.

Ulsan Mayor Kim Du-gyeom visited Enterprise, a local company in Houston, USA, on the afternoon of the 15th (local time) to discuss cooperation plans for the clean ammonia project. (From left: Yoon Byung-seok, SK President; Jim Teague, CO-CEO; Mayor Kim Du-gyeom; Brent Sechrist, CCO)

During the meeting, they discussed not only the LNG terminal project under construction at Ulsan North Port but also future projects involving carbon-free clean energy such as hydrogen and ammonia.

Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom stated that, in preparation for the carbon-neutral era, SK Gas plans to cooperate with the largest energy suppliers in the United States to provide energy solutions aimed at achieving net zero carbon emissions for their clients and the global community.

In the afternoon, he met with representatives from Enterprise Products and Energy Transfer, two of the largest LPG and energy suppliers in the U.S., to discuss energy-related businesses including the clean ammonia project.

Ulsan Mayor Kim Du-gyeom visited Energy Transfer, a local company in Houston, USA, on the afternoon of the 15th (local time) to discuss cooperation plans for clean energy projects. (From left: Tom Mason, Vice President; Mayor Kim Du-gyeom; Yoon Byung-seok, SK President)

Founded in 1968, Enterprise Products is the world's largest exporter of LPG with 17 million tons exported from a single terminal, half of which?1.3 million tons, or 50% of Korea's import volume of 2.6 million tons?is delivered to Ulsan.

Mayor Kim Doo-gyeom of Ulsan said, “We ask SK Gas to successfully carry out the world's first GW-class LNG/LPG combined power plant currently being promoted in Ulsan, as well as the LNG terminal and bunkering projects underway at North Port, so that Ulsan can emerge as a hub for eco-friendly energy supply. We hope to see the clean energy projects prepared together with the companies we met today actually implemented in Ulsan in the future.”

Established in December 1985, SK Gas is an energy company that has written the history of Korea's LPG industry and has established itself as a ‘Net Zero Solution Provider*’.

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