Magazine: 387 Jan-Feb 2024

A complete listing of all articles and news items that appeared in Nitrogen+Syngas magazine during 2023.

Ammonia prices are expected to remain soft moving through January with little in the way of price support from both a supply and demand perspective. Weakened global sentiment was characterised by news of January’s Tampa settlement $100/t down on December at $525/t CFR, with further declines anticipated in Q1 once the Gulf Coast Ammonia (GCA) project comes online. Traders returned to their desks in the New Year and ammonia prices extended losses amid a stable supply outlook and a distinct lack of downstream industrial and fertilizer demand.

Data has always been crucial for successful operations in the chemical industry, but the growing volume of data is only as good as our ability to analyse it. Now, the market is about to experience a step change in data assessment, and Clariant is fully on track, thanks to cutting-edge technologies for real-time data monitoring, visualisation, and information exchange.

TOYO explores green methanol synthesis technology and the challenges in utilising renewable energy sources and introduces its g-Methanol® technology.

Join us at CRU Nitrogen + Syngas 2024 in Gothenburg, 4-6 March, for a truly global gathering of the nitrogen and syngas community, where leading producers and technology experts will gather to connect, share knowledge, exchange ideas and learn about the latest developments in operations, technology, process and equipment.

As the production of renewable methanol continues to scale up, it will provide a long term, carbon-neutral energy solution to different transport sectors. However, the optimum design parameters for green methanol plants are substantially different to natural gas-based methanol plants and pose new challenges to the methanol loop designer. Johnson Matthey discusses the challenges and presents the benefits of the tube cooled converter for e-methanol production.

Navigance, delves into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and discusses its potential to enhance process optimisation in syngas plants.

KBR outlines some of the key modules of the KBR end-to-end digitalisation solution developed to overcome the challenges in green ammonia operation and achieve best in class, safe and reliable plant operation.

Ammonia prices are expected to remain soft moving through January into February, with little in the way of price support from both a supply and demand perspective. January’s Tampa settlement was $100/t down on December at $525/t CFR.

Incitec Pivot says that Mauro Neves de Moraes has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director from 22 January 2024. De Moraes has leadership experience in the mining and logistics sectors including as Asset President for BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) in Queensland, Australia and Asset President at BHP’s Escondida operations in Chile, the world’s largest copper mine.