Air Liquide (AL) recently announced that it's Autothermal Reforming (ATR) technology has been selected for Japan's first demonstration project owned and operated by INPEX, a Japanese oil & gas exploration and production company, to produce low-carbon hydrogen (H₂) and ammonia (NH₃).

AL will provide the technology for low-carbon H₂ and NH₃ production to a pilot project owned and operated by INPEX. ATR will be part of the development of the Kashiwazaki Clean H₂ and NH3 Project in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

ATR is one of the latest technologies utilized enabling the efficient production of large scale, low-carbon H₂ and NH₃. When ATR is combined with carbon capture technology, customers can achieve higher energy efficiency, lower investments and a simplified single train production process to facilitate carbon capture of up to 99% in highly integrated industrial facilities.