Secure Energy will have the option to separately sell natural gas to industrial customers in the Decatur, Illinois, area for a portion of its production. BP has agreed to purchase any natural gas not sold locally.
The Decatur plant will convert approximately 1.4 million tons of high-sulfur Illinois coal into over 20 billion cubic feet of natural gas each year.
Lee Lunde, vice president of marketing and trading for BP, said: BP is proud to have been selected by Secure to market the output from their Decatur gasification project. We are also pleased to be a partner in Secure’s vision of providing local solutions to Midwest natural gas consumers.
