Calgary — Agrium Inc. has confirmed that it has filed for an air permit to bring its Kenai-area nitrogen plant back to production in Alaska. The company said the permit process will likely take about a year. By then, the company should have a better idea if there will be sufficient natural gas supplies available in the area to supply the plant, which was idled in 2007 due to a lack of gas. New supplies in the region have given Agrium hope that it can restart at least part of the facility. Agrium is looking at bringing back up 657,000 mt/y of urea capacity with 290,000 mt/y of net ammonia (GM Oct. 14, p. 1). Original capacity totals were put at 1.35 million st/y of urea and 1.1 million st/y, according to the International Fertilizer Development Center.
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