CF Industries Holdings Inc., Deerfield, Ill., and the J. R. Simplot Co., Boise, have entered into an agreement that allows CF to ship, store and distribute anhydrous ammonia from Simplot’s Rivergate Terminal in Portland, Ore., starting in 2019.
The arrangement will enable CF to meet growing demand for anhydrous ammonia in Pacific Rim countries, a region that imported over 4.1 million mt of the product in 2017. CF intends to supply the ammonia from its Medicine Hat, Alberta nitrogen complex, which has among the lowest production costs in the company’s manufacturing network. Additionally, CF anticipates selling to local customers from the terminal.
Simplot’s Rivergate Terminal is the largest deep water ammonia terminal on the U.S. West Coast, and has two 25,000 st ammonia storage tanks on site. The terminal is located on the Willamette River in Portland approximately 2.5 miles upstream from its confluence with the Columbia River.