Qatar plans to build a $1 billion plant to make up to 1.2 million mt/y of blue ammonia, according to Bloomberg. QatarEnergy signed agreements on Aug. 31 with Industries Qatar QSC and its subsidiary, Qatar Fertiliser Co., to develop what they call the industry’s first world-scale and largest blue ammonia plant, which is being called “Ammonia-7.”
Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG and Consolidated Contractors Co. in Greece have been awarded a contract for the plant.
About 1.5 million mt of carbon dioxide will be captured and sequestered from the ammonia-making process per year once the blue ammonia plant starts operating in first-quarter 2026. Qatar aims to develop its carbon capture and storage facilities so that it can sequester as much as 11 million mt/y a year by 2035.