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Nitrogen+Syngas 394 Mar-Apr 2025

19 March 2025

Nitrogen project listing 2025

PROJECT LISTING

Nitrogen project listing 2025

Nitrogen+Syngas’s annual listing of new ammonia, urea, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plants.

KEY

BE: Basic engineering

C: Completed/commissioning

CA: Contract awarded

DE: Design engineering

FS: Feasibility study

n.a.: Information not available

P: Planned/proposed

RE: Revamp

UC: Under construction

Conversion:

1 t/d of hydrogen = 464 Nm3 /h

1 t/d of natural gas = 1,400 Nm3 /d

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