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Adnoc delivers low-carbon ammonia to Japan: The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has delivered the world’s first certified bulk commercial shipment of low-carbon ammonia produced using carbon capture and storage to Japan’s Mitsui, according to a press release. The low-carbon shipment was certified by global certification agency TUV SUD.
About the shipment: The ammonia was produced at Fertiglobe’s Ruwais facility near Abu Dhabi and “will see the CO2 captured and permanently stored in the world’s first fully sequestered CO2 injection well in a carbonate saline aquifer,” the press release notes. This comes as part of the oil giant’s USD 23 bn investment in decarbonization, low-carbon solutions and climate technologies.
We knew this was coming: Adnoc launched the world’s first project to sequester CO2 into a carbonate saline aquifer and started capturing and storing the CO2 in 2Q last year. The project was earmarked to contribute to Fertiglobe’s production of low-carbon ammonia.
Adnoc has more in the pipeline: Adnoc and ADQ’s Ta’ziz signed a shareholder agreement with Fertiglobe, Korea’s GS Energy Corporation and Japan’s Mitsui for a low-carbon ammonia factory in the UAE with an annual capacity of around 1 mn tons last year. Adnoc also acquired a majority 51% +1 stake in Fertiglobe from OCI to expand its global ammonia production network. Adnoc and OCI also inked an MoU to explore importing and distributing ammonia in the EU.
Not Fertiglobe’s first delivery: Fertiglobe sent its first green ammonia shipment, the world’s first to carry an ISCC Plus certification, to India from its green ammonia plant in Egypt last November.
