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PARTNERSHIP

CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui & Co. form low-carbon

ammonia Joint Venture

CF Industries Holdings Inc., the US-
based producer of ammonia, has formed
a joint venture with JERA, Japan’s largest
energy company, and Mitsui & Co. Inc., a
leading Japanese investment and trading
company, for the construction, produc-
tion and offtake of low-carbon ammonia.
CF Industries will hold 40% ownership,
JERA 35% and Mitsui 25% in the jv
that will construct at CF Industries’ Blue
Point Complex in Louisiana an autother-
mal reforming (ATR) ammonia produc-
tion facility with a carbon dioxide (CO ) expect to be robust global demand for from natural gas to chemicals including
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dehydration and compression unit at the low-carbon ammonia for both traditional this project, and our strength and track
site to prepare captured CO for transpor- and new applications.” record in the global trading of ammonia.
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tation and sequestration. We aim to lower carbon emissions across
Mr. Yukio Kani, JERA’s Global CEO various industries through investment in
The estimated cost for the ammonia and Chair said, “The Blue Point project projects of this kind.”
production facility is approximately $4-bn, is a testament to the strong alliances
which will be funded by each partner we are building to advance low-carbon The jv has awarded the engineering,
according to their ownership percentage. solutions. As we move forward, we will procurement, and module fabrication
CF Industries will be responsible for the continue to accelerate the availability of contract to France’s Technip Energies,
operation and maintenance of the facility. low-carbon fuels and develop their sup- which will perform engineering and fabri-
ply chains, driving meaningful progress cation of the equipment and modules
The facility will have a nameplate toward a more stable and cleaner energy required for the facility. Technip Ener-
capacity of approximately 1.4-mtpa, which future.” Mr. Kenichi Hori, President gies will work with Denmark’s Topsoe,
would be the largest ammonia produc- and CEO of Mitsui & Co., said, “Mitsui to which the joint venture awarded the
tion facility by nameplate capacity in the will establish a low-carbon ammonia process license for their low carbon
world. Construction is expected to begin value-chain worldwide by leveraging (blue) SynCOR ATR ammonia plant
in 2026 and production in 2029. Product its presence in the US gas value chain technology.
offtake will be handled independently by
the three companies according to their Azelis acquires Spanish nutraceuticals
ownership percentage. 1PointFive, a fi rm
carbon capture, utilisation, and sequestra-
tion (CCUS) company and subsidiary of Belgian chemicals distributor, Azelis, The acquisition aligns with Azelis’s
American energy fi rm, Occidental, will has acquired 100% of the shares of strategy as it focusses on a targeted busi-
transport and sequester approximately Solchem Nature S.L., a Spanish nutra- ness that supports growing its market
2.3-mtpa of CO at 1PointFive’s Pelican ceuticals company. share in Spain, adding expertise to its
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Sequestration Hub in Louisiana. EMEA-wide nutraceutical platform.
Based in Barcelona, Solchem was
Mr. Tony Will, President & CEO, CF founded in 1994 to distribute raw mate- Mr. Javier Pérez, Managing Director
Industries, said, “Our joint venture re- rials for the dietary sector. The company at Azelis Iberia, said, “Our combined capa-
presents tangible progress towards build- later expanded its portfolio to include a bilities signifi cantly strengthen Azelis’s
ing a reliable and affordable low-carbon wide range of premium ingredients and position in the highly attractive nutra-
ammonia value chain to meet what we formulations for the nutraceutical market. ceutical market.

168 Chemical Weekly April 22, 2025

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