Oslo-Yara International and International Diesel Service (IDS), an operating division of Kuwait Petroleum (Q8), have signed an agreement for the distribution of AdBlue in Europe. Yara’s branded AdBlue product, Air1®, will be offered 24/7 in a range of strategically located IDS filling stations across Europe. AdBlue is a liquid urea solution that is injected into the SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) catalyst onboard trucks to meet new standards set by the EU, effective in October, to control emission of pollutants from heavy-duty vehicles. AdBlue is sprayed into the exhaust system and is subsequently hydrolized before the catalytic converter breaks down the nitrogen oxide (NOx) into harmless nitrogen and water. Yara said the agreement is an important milestone in the establishment of an infrastructure for the distribution of AdBlue on the road. European truck drivers will find Air1® in IDS’s filling stations next to international haulage routes, frontier posts, and at important transport and trading centers in 18 countries. The stations are unmanned and operate as 24/7 automats. IDS operates 640 filling stations on the entire continent, from the north of Sweden to the south of Italy. Yara is the world’s largest producer of AdBlue. It has developed a premium grade urea to produce Air1® at strategically located plants in Europe, including the world’s largest AdBlue production plant, Yara Sluiskil in the Netherlands, which has an annual production capacity of 200,000 mt.
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