
Production resumes at Waggaman plant
Production has resumed at Incitec Pivot's Waggaman ammonia plant in Louisiana, US, following an incident in February.
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Production has resumed at Incitec Pivot's Waggaman ammonia plant in Louisiana, US, following an incident in February.

KBR has won an ammonia technology contract from DL E&C for NeuRizer's (formerly Leigh Creek Energy Ltd) carbon-neutral fertilizer project in Australia.

Grupo Fertiberia has said it wants to lead the development of the European green ammonia market.

The agreement with Teal allows Trammo to secure a supply and offtake of 800 000 t of green ammonia from an ammonia production plant to be built on prime industrial land in Sept-Iles, Quebec, Canada.

On completion, the plant – located in the city of Yangiyer, Uzbekistan – will produce up to 495 000 t of ammonia and 594 000 t of granular urea.

Ma’aden’s maritime ammonia fleet now consists of seven vessels, which will leverage Ma’aden’s ammonia shipping capacity of 2 million tpy.

Hungarian nitrogen fertilizer producer Nitrogénmuvek has temporarily halted ammonia production as a result of high natural gas prices.

The two plants have a combined annual capacity of 1 million t of ammonia and 0.9 million t of urea.

TOAZ has shut down operation of 4 ammonia units and put 3 ammonia units into a reduced load mode.

The objective of the project is to rebuild the synthesis gas compression capacities for an ammonia plant through the installation of new compressors.

Based on investigations to date, Incitec Pivot Ltd. expects it will take between 6 and 8 weeks to complete the repairs and restart the plant.

As part of an initiative at the Herøya facility to replace the current hydrogen production process through liquefied fossil gas with green hydrogen based on renewable energy, Casale has committed its own technology, including the design of brand-new ammonia converter internals.