A full cargo load of ammonia was successfully transferred between mid-sized gas carrier vessels at the port of Sohar in northern Oman, helping pave the way for operations of new ammonia-fueled, ammonia-carrying vessels in EXMAR’s fleet.
Sungrow Hydrogen has successfully shipped 160 MW worth of alkaline water electrolysis units to ACME in Oman, to be installed and utilised at ACME’s renewable ammonia project in Duqm on the country’s southern coast. Sungrow will also supply 16 alkaline electrolysis units to Kaishan Group for a geothermal ammonia production project in Kenya.
China-based Shuangliang Group announced that it has delivered sixteen of its electrolysis units to ACME for the first stage of its renewable ammonia project in Duqm, Oman.
Under a new agreement, ACWA, EnBW, Rostock Port and VNG will establish a new renewable ammonia and hydrogen corridor between Saudi Arabia and Germany. The corridor will see ACWA’s renewable ammonia from Yanbu being exported to Germany via the Port of Rostock.
In a series of recent agreements, UAE-based ADNOC has reinforced an emerging, low-emission ammonia supply chain centred on the Middle East. After acquiring global polymer giant Covestro last year, two ADNOC subsidiaries – Covestro and Fertiglobe – will now collaborate on the supply of CCS and renewable ammonia from production sites in the Middle East to global locations.
In our latest technology landscape analysis, AEA Technology Manager Kevin Rouwenhorst explores four broad categories for novel ammonia production technologies: improved catalysts, sorbent enhancement, electrochemical ammonia synthesis, and other technology pathways (including geological, single-step and looping synthesis).
The pair are in advanced negotiations to cement a partnership that will de-risk and progress two key production projects: the Louisiana Clean Energy Complex in the USA, and NEOM in Saudi Arabia.
Located in Yanbu, a strategically-positioned port city on the Red Sea, 4 GW of electrolysis will feed the production of 400,000 tons of renewable hydrogen per year, or more than 2.2 million tons of renewable ammonia – twice the size of the under-construction NEOM project.
From 2027, the NEOM Green Hydrogen project will produce about 600 tons per day of renewable hydrogen, equivalent to 1.2 million tons per year of renewable ammonia. Project construction is now 80% complete.
In our May Episode of Project Features, OQ Alternative Energy and Dutco joined us to discuss progress on SalalaH2, a renewable ammonia export project under development on Oman’s southwestern coast. Technical specifications, shared infrastructure, and further decarbonization of existing OQ assets at Salalah were explored.