# Frontieras North America selects Yokogawa as main automation contractor for $850 million West Virginia facility

Frontieras North America selected Yokogawa Corporation of America as the main automation contractor for its first commercial-scale FASform Solid Carbon Fractionation facility in Mason County, West Virginia. The $850 million facility broke ground on April 2, 2026.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-05-25
- Where: Mason County, West Virginia, United States
- Value: $850.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 2.7 million tons of coal annually
- Products: refined liquid fuels, FASCarbon solid fuel, hydrogen, ammonium sulfate fertilizer, industrial chemicals
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Yokogawa Corporation of America](https://endata.com/companies/15528.md)
- [Frontieras North America](https://endata.com/companies/18661.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [business.sherbrookerecord.com](https://business.sherbrookerecord.com/sherbrookerecord/article/nnwire-2026-8-11-esgbreaks-frontieras-north-america-selects-yokogawa-as-main-automation-contractor-for-850-million-west-virginia-facility), 2018-05-25: "Yokogawa will oversee the facility’s automation and control infrastructure, including process control and safety instrumented systems, analytical instrumentation, cybersecurity architecture and advanced digital operations solutions from front-end engineering design through commissioning and startup."

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