BASF and Yara to evaluate low-carbon blue ammonia project at U.S. Gulf Coast

“This project underlines BASF’s commitment to drive the sustainable transformation of the chemical industry”

04-Jul-2023 - BASF and Yara Clean Ammonia are collaborating on a joint study to develop and construct a world-scale low-carbon blue ammonia production facility with carbon capture in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. The companies are looking into the feasibility of a plant with a total capacity of 1.2 to 1.4 ...

Yara and BASF break ground on new ammonia plant

29-Jul-2015 - Yara International ASA and BASF broke ground today on a world scale ammonia plant at the BASF site in Freeport, Texas. Total capital investment for the plant – which is expected to come online in 2017 – is estimated at $600 million. As part of the project, Yara will build an ammonia tank at the ...

Yara and BASF to build ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas

20-Feb-2015 - Yara International and BASF Group have agreed to build a world scale ammonia plant at BASF’s site in Freeport, Texas. The plant will use hydrogen as raw material, reducing capital expenditures (capex), maintenance and carbon dioxide emissions significantly.The ammonia plant will be owned 68 ...

Borealis divests joint-ownership share in LeHavre urea production plant and relatedammonia storage facility

20-Jun-2014 - Borealis announced that its French subsidiary Borealis Chimie divests its joint-ownership share in the Le Havre urea production plant and related ammonia storage facility at Gonfreville l'Orcher, France. Following the divestment, the plant and related storage facility will be fully owned by Yara ...

BASF and Yara plan to build ammonia plant

13-May-2014 - BASF and Yara have made good progress with their plan to jointly build a world-scale ammonia plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The proposed plant would be located at the existing BASF site in Freeport, Texas, have an annual capacity of 750,000 metric tons, and be based on a hydrogen-synthesis ...

BASF and Yara: Potential joint ammonia investment

21-Oct-2013 - BASF and Yara are evaluating a possible joint investment into a world scale ammonia plant at the U.S. Gulf Coast. BASF, which has a strong presence in the United States, is currently a major user of ammonia for its U.S. downstream manufacturing activities and intends to further strengthen its ...

Yara acquires controlling stake in Burrup Holdings

03-Feb-2012 - Yara acquired 16% of Burrup Holdings Limited (BHL) for USD 143 million, increasing its ownership share in the company to 51%. Concurrently, Apache Energy has acquired the remaining 49% of the shares in BHL, and signed a new shareholders' agreement with Yara."We are pleased to secure majority ...

ThyssenKrupp Uhde successfully commissions Europe’s biggest urea plant

21-Oct-2011 - Europe’s biggest urea plant comes on-stream: The Dortmund-based ThyssenKrupp EPC contractors have supplied and commissioned a plant for the production of 3,500 tonnes per day of urea solution in Sluiskil, Netherlands, for Yara of Norway. The plant, which took three years to build, has now been ...

Yara has signed a cash merger agreement with Terra

18-Feb-2010 - Yara International ASA has signed a cash merger agreement with Terra Industries Inc. at a price of USD 41.10 per Terra share, representing a market capitalization of Terra of USD 4.1 billion. The transaction will give Yara an improved position in the US, and is planned to be supported by a Yara ...

Yara to sell Fosfertil shares

01-Feb-2010 - Yara has agreed with Vale to sell its shares in Fosfertil in Brazil for USD 785 million. Yara will also sell its stake in the Anitapolis phosphate rock project to Vale at the same time. Yara owns directly and indirectly 15.5 percent of Fosfertil following the acquisition of Fertibras in 2006. ...