North America
PepsiCo & Yara extend fertilizers partnership to Latin America
Yara will supply both low-emission fertilizers and decarbonizations services to potato farmers in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina. The potatoes will be used in the production of Sabritas potato chips and other snack foods.
Marubeni & Exxon: CCS-based ammonia from the Gulf Coast to Japan
Marubeni will offtake about 250,000 tons per year of CCS-based ammonia from ExxonMobil’s Baytown Texas facility, to be co-fired at the Kobe power plant in Japan. Marubeni joins Trammo, ADNOC, Mitsubishi, Air Liquide and SK Inc. as project partners, with a series of offtake agreements already signed.
Ammonia pipelines: existing networks, future deployments, and safety considerations
Meet the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) and Sunoco LP to explore plans for new ammonia pipelines in Europe, as well as operational & safety lessons learned from existing networks in the USA.
CF, Mitsui & JERA: $4 billion joint project in Louisiana gets FID green light
CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui & Co. will jointly invest in, own and operate a $4 billion, low-emission ammonia production project in Louisiana, USA.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines expands into storage, acquires LBC Tank Terminals
Adding terminal storage capabilities to its fleet of marine transportation and logistics fleet, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has acquired LBC Tank Terminals. LBC is currently inviting expressions of interest for its Vlissingen ammonia storage and cracking terminal, which is set to become operational in 2028.
Nitricity: $10 million electric fertilizer facility in California
California-based Nitricity has announced plans to construct its first production facility, featuring a 100-fold scale-up of its process, which utilizes agricultural byproducts and electricity to produce a calcium nitrate solution.
Landus and TalusAg: domestic renewable ammonia production for fertiliser use in North America
Partnering with Landus, TalusAg has deployed its containerised, modular, anhydrous ammonia production system for commercial renewable ammonia production in Boone, Iowa, unlocking a new domestic fertiliser supply chain in the US.
MODEC & Toyo Engineering: Approval in principle for CCS-based ammonia floating production
For their design of a CCS-based ammonia floating production, storage and offloading unit, MODEC and TOYO Engineering have received approval in principle from the American Bureau of Shipping.