Ammonia

Denbury Inc. has a preliminary agreement in hand to transport and store carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from a potential “clean” ammonia project in Geismar, LA. Nutrien Ltd.’s PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP is evaluating the ammonia facilities location to expand capacity by 1.2 million metric tons/year (mmty) using carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) to reduce…

A petrochemical plant recently announced, slated to be in service by 2026, could produce up to 200 metric tons/year of low-carbon blue ammonia and methanol using natural gas from the Montney Shale, officials said. Calgary-based Northern Petrochemical Corp. (NPC), a private venture, is proposing to build the C$2.5 billion ($2 billion) project in the planned…

After multiple ownership changes and unsuccessful attempts to land overseas sales contracts since 2008, the first Canadian effort to pioneer entry into the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade is losing its last participant. Australian producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd. announced Monday it would exit Kitimat LNG (KLNG) following the March decision by senior operating partner…

Incitec Pivot Ltd.and Cornerstone Chemical have dedicated a nearly $1.03 billion project that includes an $850 million ammonia plant, developed by Incitec unit Dyno Nobel, and Cornerstone’s $175 million investment in upgrades and infrastructure at its Fortier Manufacturing Complex on the West Bank of the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, LA. Incitec Pivot developed the Dyno Nobel ammonia plant to support its U.S. industrial explosives business and external customers. Cornerstone produces acrylonitrile, melamine and sulfuric acid at the Fortier complex, where Dyno Nobel’s ammonia plant is integrated with Cornerstone’s existing plant infrastructure. Access to the Mississippi River as well as the region’s abundant supply of natural gas were incentives for the project siting (see Daily GPI,May 21, 2014).

Tulsa, OK-based Williams Energy Partners LP (WEP), a partnership that transports and stores refined products and ammonia, sought to distance itself from troubled Williams Cos. Inc. last week by making changes to its partnership agreement to give greater control to unitholders.