Aker Solutions’s expertise in the gasification and chemicals industries is expected to assist SES’s strategy to build, own and operate coal-to-chemicals plants serving the industrial customer segment worldwide.

Drawing on Aker Solutions’ global footprint and engineering capabilities will reportedly strengthen SES’s internal staff, and provide access to resources for SES to capitalize on the demand for the continued development of U-GAS projects.

Glyn Rodgers, president of Aker Solutions US, said: The addition of Aker Solutions’s specialist talent and resources will assist SES’s ongoing objective to develop and build projects on time and within budget. We look forward to working with SES at the forefront of the coal gasification industry.