Fertiglobe, the OCI-Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) ammonia and urea joint venture, has signed an agreement with Ta’ziz to join a blue ammonia production project in the Ta’ziz industrial and chemicals hub in Ruwais, OCI NV reported on June 22.
ADNOC announced last month that it had awarded a contract for the initial design of the plant, which will have capacity to produce as much as 1 million mt/y of blue ammonia (GM May 28, p.33).
Ta’ziz is a joint-venture between ADNOC and Abu Dhabi holding company ADQ, which will supply the proposed project with hydrogen and nitrogen feedstocks.
OCI said the parties will jointly conduct pre-FEED and FEED activities, with a final investment decision expected in 2022, and start-up targeted for 2025. The agreement remains subject to regulatory approvals.
OCI NV Executive Chairman and Fertiglobe CEO Nassef Sawiris said this extension of the company’s partnership with ADNOC “fits well in OCI’s strategy to decarbonize its global and regional platforms, and helps grow OCI’s low carbon and Clean Fuels product offering”.
Sawiris said it also capitalizes on “the huge potential” OCI expects ammonia to offer as part of the accelerated global shift to clean energy and as enabler for the hydrogen economy.