Frontieras’ first FASForm™ facilities to locate in Mason County, West Virginia.

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West Virginia Project Overview

 

Black triangles represent local coal mines.

  • Frontieras North America will build its first commercialized FASForm project in Mason County, WV. This is estimated to be an $850 million project, with $390 million dedicated to infrastructure and OSBL costs, and the other $460 million dedicated to the FASForm unit, and equipment for processing the project’s sulfuric acid and fertilizer yields.

  • Construction of the facility is expected to begin in 2025, with an estimated 2000 contract employees over the next 24 months. The plant is expected to be commissioned by Q1 of 2027.

    • The facility is projected to create about 300 full-time jobs, and those jobs will pay 200% of the prevailing wage, with the majority in the $70,000-80,000 range.

  • Frontieras will positively impact the GDP of West Virginia by 3%
    once the facility is fully operational.

Project Details:

Feedstock: 

  • 10-year contract with a regional company using Pittsburg #8 (27M tons for 10 years), with a collared price for 10 years.

Off-Takers:

  • FASForm: 10-year agreement for 100% ULSD, Naphtha.

  • FASCarbon: 10-year agreement for 100% of the product.

  • Sulfuric Acid & Fertilizer: 10-year agreement for 100% of the product.

Engineering: Global EPC, with JOB Industrial Services KBC, & Yokogawa, MSAs executed.

 

Construction: 24 months to being fully commissioned.

EPC: Global EPC.

Procurement/Contracting: Performance Contractors, MSA Executed.

Operations & Maintenance: CAMS (Consolidated Asset Management Services) $20 Billion in assets under management, MSA executed.

Insurance: Lockton, the world’s largest independent insurance brokerage.

Major Insurance Comp:  Output performance bond on FASForm technology.

3rd Party Engineering: Completed 12 months of operating of FASForm demonstration unit.

Transportation: The plant has a CSX rail spur on premise and is located on the Ohio River and will have barge river moorings in place.  This allows for both domestic and international sales.

FEL: Completed FEL 1, FEL 2, and substantial FEL 3 commenced.

Nationally, Frontieras plans to expand its footprint in West Virginia, Texas, and Wyoming.

 
 
 
 

Frontieras will expand additional FASForm plants across the five continents and eight other countries worldwide that Frontier Applied Sciences holds FASForm patents in.

 
 
 

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