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CF, Mitsui & JERA: $4 billion joint project in Louisiana gets FID green light

Julian Atchison April 10, 2025

CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui & Co. will jointly invest in, own and operate a $4 billion, low-emission ammonia production project in Louisiana, USA.

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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines expands into storage, acquires LBC Tank Terminals

Geofrey Njovu March 25, 2025

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: million electric fertilizer facility in California

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Nitricity: $10 million electric fertilizer facility in California

Julian Atchison March 18, 2025

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.

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Landus and TalusAg: domestic renewable ammonia production for fertiliser use in North America

Geofrey Njovu March 11, 2025

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.

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MODEC & Toyo Engineering: Approval in principle for CCS-based ammonia floating production

Geofrey Njovu March 11, 2025

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.

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ExxonMobil & Trammo: discussions underway for CCS-based ammonia offtake

Geofrey Njovu February 20, 2025

ExxonMobil and Trammo are in talks which will see the latter offtake 300,000 to 500,000 tons of low-carbon ammonia from the under-development, CCS-based ammonia project in Baytown, Texas.

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Trafigura, CF & Purus complete first ammonia-LPG co-loaded voyage

Julian Atchison February 15, 2025

Partners report that the voyage demonstrates “efficient and economic” future pathways for the transport of ammonia, particularly as the scale-up of new maritime fuels occurs. The Green Power vessel was also involved in Trafigura’s first-ever ship-to-ship transfer of ammonia in the Straits of Gibraltar last July.

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US funding for decarbonised ammonia production

Julian Atchison January 30, 2025

Via a new round of funding from the US Department of Energy, several ammonia production projects will advance. GTI Energy will lead a $1.5 million pre-FEED study to apply advanced CCS to steam methane reforming at the Mosaic Faustina facility in Louisiana. Also granted funds, Ammobia will continue to progress its new, improved version of the Haber Bosch process.

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Beaumont Clean Ammonia: kickstarting low-emission ammonia as a liquid commodity

Kevin Rouwenhorst January 26, 2025

In our December episode of Project Features, Woodside Energy joined us to discuss the Beaumont Clean Ammonia Project in the US Gulf Coast. 1.1 million tons per year of lower-carbon ammonia will be produced from 2026, targeting European import markets. The project bolsters Woodside’s existing and future energy commodity export plans, and sets them up as a first-mover in key global markets for low-emission ammonia.

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Final tax credit rules for clean hydrogen production in the US released

Julian Atchison January 15, 2025

Long-awaited guidelines for tax credits for the production of “clean” hydrogen in the USA have been released, which include “significant changes” and additional flexibility compared to the first draft.