Air Products and Yara International ASA say that they are working to combine Air Products’ industrial gas capabilities and low-emission hydrogen production with Yara’s ammonia production and distribution network, with several major projects under development.
Barents Blue AS has announced Proton Ventures as a new partner in the Barents Clean Ammonia Project (project formerly known as the Barents Blue project). Barents Blue says that the Dutch engineering and project development company, a pioneer in the clean ammonia industry, “will bring significant resources and industry expertise to the project and the value chain for clean ammonia, important for the realisation of Europe’s largest clean ammonia production plant located in Finnmark, Northern Norway”.
Europe is likely to become an increasing ammonia importer over the coming years as low global ammonia prices and high European gas prices squeeze producer margins, but CBAM remains a wild card.
KPI evaluates deep decarbonisation pathways for a new build ammonia plant of 3,500 t/d on the US Gulf Coast. Eight technology configurations are compared with results providing a framework for technology selection, balancing emissions reduction, process integration, and indicative economics.
CF Industries has made its first shipment of certified low-carbon ammonia to Europe.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has successfully delivered compressor trains for the Beaumont ammonia project in Texas.
Ammonia is poised to grow beyond fertilizers into energy transition roles, with lowcarbon pathways via blue ammonia and green ammonia, supported by existing logistics and market structures. To support this transition, Stamicarbon is expanding its NX STAMI™ ammonia technologies – with a mediumpressure design for large, CCUSintegrated plants and a highpressure design for small/ medium renewable projects – demonstrating efficiency, reliability, and cost advantages.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation says that it has successfully delivered syngas and ammonia refrigeration compressor trains for the Beaumont New Ammonia Project in Beaumont, Texas. This facility, originally developed by OCI Global as the OCI Clean Ammonia project, now owned by Woodside Energy, will be the first large-scale, lower-carbon greenfield ammonia facility in the world.
Ammonia producer CF Industries says that it has shipped its first cargo of low-carbon ammonia from its Donaldsonville, Louisiana facility. The 23,500 tonne shipment was purchased by commodities specialist Trafigura to be used in Antwerp, Belgium by engineering materials firm Envalior in the production of low-carbon caprolactam.
Blue ammonia – ammonia produced from fossil hydrogen with carbon capture and storage (CCS) – offers a cheaper alternative than green ammonia for low carbon supply in the short term, and is more suited to retrofits.