OCI NV, Amsterdam, has added a dedicated fourth ammonia charter vessel and also increased throughput capabilities at its ammonia import terminal in Rotterdam, the company reported in its third-quarter results statement this week.
OCI said this enhancement of its ammonia logistics has enabled it to continue downstream production in Europe and weather volatility in feedstock prices by sourcing “record volumes” of ammonia from Fertiglobe and the U.S. to its Dutch operations.
The company also reported that it continues to make good progress in its efforts to capture “value creative” opportunities from emerging demand for clean ammonia and methanol as it evaluates blue and green projects across its platform that fit in with its ESG strategy.
Fertiglobe recently announced a 70,000 mt/y scale-up of blue ammonia capacity through a low-cost debottlenecking program in Abu Dhabi, and partnered with ADNOC to sell blue ammonia from the UAE to customers in Japan (GM Aug. 6, p. 1).
Fertiglobe is also joining ADNOC and Abu Dhabi holding company (ADQ) as a partner in a new world-scale 1 million mt/y blue ammonia project at Ta’ziz in Ruwais (GM June 25, p. 33).
Most recently, Fertiglobe announced a partnership with Norway-based renewable power producer Scatec ASA and Egypt’s Sovereign Fund for a 50-100 MW electrolyzer to produce up to 90,000 mt/y of green ammonia in Egypt (GM Oct. 15, p. 32).