Middle East – Ammonia Energy Association

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Ammonia bunkering in Egypt & beyond

By Geofrey Njovu on November 09, 2023

ITOCHU & Orascom Construction have partnered to develop an ammonia bunkering hub at the Suez Canal in Egypt. In other news, Fertiglobe and AD Ports Group will leverage the latter’s logistics expertise and infrastructure in the UAE to strengthen Fertiglobe’s ability to store and transport ammonia & urea.

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“Jordan Green Ammonia”: a new ammonia partnership in the Middle East

By Geofrey Njovu on July 17, 2023

At capacity, the Jordan Green Ammonia facility will produce between 100,000 – 200,000 tonnes of renewable ammonia per year, powered by 530 MW of solar energy. The ammonia produced will be used both locally and for export to the European market.

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Progress in Oman mega-projects

By Julian Atchison on June 25, 2023

Hydrom (Hydrogen Oman) has signed commercial term sheets and allocated land to a series of important ammonia export projects being developed in the Gulf nation. Green Energy Oman is one of three project consortia granted land near Duqm in the country’s south, with further allocations expected in the coming months. Also in Duqm, ENGIE & POSCO have launched a million-tonne-per-year ammonia production project, with the full production output to be exported to Korea over the forty year operational lifetime of the plant.

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NEOM project reaches financial close, 30 year offtake secured

By Julian Atchison on May 30, 2023

The million-tonne-per-year, $8.4 billion renewable hydrogen & ammonia production facility will be built near Al Muwaileh, Saudi Arabia. Project partner Air Products will act as EPC contractor, and has also secured exclusive ammonia offtake rights from NEOM for thirty years.

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Guaranteeing fuel access to ease the transition: Glenfarne & Samsung Engineering

By Geofrey Njovu on May 12, 2023

The Glenfarne – Samsung Engineering partnership plans to deliver renewable ammonia projects in Chile and the US, guaranteeing current LNG customers access to ammonia fuel in the early stages of the energy transition. And, seeking to become a model for future renewable utility companies, PASH and ERIH will form a hydrogen & ammonia joint venture to develop production projects in Italy and Turkey.

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Ammonia supply chain between the Middle East & Japan takes shape

By Julian Atchison on May 10, 2023

Mitsui & Co., INPEX and Japanese government agency JOGMEC will partner with ADNOC to verify the emissions intensity of ammonia produced at a new project in al-Ruwais, UAE. The final methodology is likely to reflect the definition of clean ammonia currently being developed in Japan. Shipments of CCU-based ammonia have arrived in Japan & India in recent weeks from SABIC in Saudi Arabia, further highlighting the potential of Middle East supply chains.

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ADNOC, North Rhine-Westphalia to explore ammonia fuel use in German industry

By Julian Atchison on April 04, 2023

ADNOC, Currenta GmbH and the North Rhine-Westphalia state government will cooperate on the production, transportation to Germany and subsequent application of low-carbon ammonia fuel. Industrial-scale testing of ammonia fuel for power generation will take place at one of Currenta’s chemical manufacturing sites in the region.

Geographic Region: Middle East

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Ammonia bunkering in Egypt & beyond

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“Jordan Green Ammonia”: a new ammonia partnership in the Middle East

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Progress in Oman mega-projects

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NEOM project reaches financial close, 30 year offtake secured

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Guaranteeing fuel access to ease the transition: Glenfarne & Samsung Engineering

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Ammonia supply chain between the Middle East & Japan takes shape

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ADNOC, North Rhine-Westphalia to explore ammonia fuel use in German industry

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