Eastman Chemical Co., Kingsport, Tenn., announced Jan. 8 that it would participate in strategic project with Gulf Coast Ammonia (GCA) and Air Products Inc. GCA will lease a portion of Eastman’s Texas City site and will own a new world-scale ammonia production plant. Air Products will build, own and operate at Eastman’s Texas City site its largest-ever steam methane reformer, an air separation unit to supply nitrogen, and a steam turbine generator to supply power and certain other utilities to operate the new ammonia plant.
The GCA project is being developed by Agrifos Partners LLC, New York City, and Borealis AG, Vienna, which is involved in polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers (GM Oct. 12, 2018). Initial filings indicate the plant is expected to produce over 750,000 mt/y.