Nitrogen+Syngas Index 2021
A complete listing of all articles and news items that appeared in Nitrogen+Syngas magazine during 2021.
Section: CRUNS Market & Features
Better water gas shift performance
The production of syngas from hydrocarbon feedstock uses a number of catalytic steps to increase efficiency and maximise conversion while minimising energy consumption. In this article we report on the latest developments in water gas shift catalysis from Johnson Matthey, Clariant and Topsoe, and shift converter design from Casale.
Market Outlook
The ammonia market has entered 2022 looking very different to last year, with early January Pivdenny prices $875/t higher on a mid-point basis than they were at the start of 2021, and the likelihood of further gains ahead.
Price trends
Market Insight courtesy of Argus Media
Closing down the Groningen gas field
Gordon Feller looks at Gasunie’s plans to build a new nitrogen plant at Zuidbroek to allow for the progressive shutdown of the Groningen gas field, one of the largest in Europe.
The current crisis in global gas markets
Recent spikes in natural gas prices, particularly in Europe, have highlighted the tightness of natural gas markets around the world going into the northern hemisphere winter. Are ammonia and methanol producers on for a run of high gas prices in 2022?
The IFA/IEA Ammonia Technology Roadmap
Last year the International Energy Agency (IEA), in conjunction with IFA, published the Ammonia Technology Roadmap, which looks at ways of achieving decarbonisation of the nitrogen fertilizer industry by 2050. In this article we look at the scenarios and technology options that will define the industry over the next three decades.
Scrubbing systems prove their value
Stamicarbon offers advanced scrubbing technologies for fertilizer granulation plants and prilling towers. This article describes the technology and experience with the second operational MMV scrubber, which is installed at the Dakota Gasification Company’s (DGC) urea granulation plant, and highlights the successful pilot test with its JV scrubbing technology.
Price trends
Market Insight courtesy of Argus Media
Barriers to trade
With globalisation seemingly in retreat, the protectionist impulse is seeing a rise in barriers to trade, from quotas and tariffs to anti-dumping actions and domestic subsidies.