ADNOC and ADQ to develop blue ammonia production plant in Abu Dhabi

The plant will be located in the TA'ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in the UAE and have capacity to produce 1 million mt/year of low-carbon blue ammonia.

PHOTO: Model of the TA'ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone, UAE. ADNOC

TA’ZIZ, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi-based investment company ADQ, is leading a conglomerate to develop a “first-of-its-kind large-scale low-carbon ammonia project” in the Middle East.

TA’ZIZ has partnered with Abu Dhabi-based ammonia producer Fertiglobe, South Korean oil and gas company GS Energy and Japanese conglomerate Mitsui on the project.

“The shareholder agreement follows ADNOC and Fertiglobe’s recent sales of low-carbon ammonia demonstration cargos to customers in Japan, Korea and Germany,” says TA’ZIZ.

The company has not yet earmarked any of this low-carbonblue ammonia for use as a shipping fuel, but ammonia is becoming more popular throughout the industry.

Clarksons Researchdata shows thatthere were 150 ammonia-ready vessels on order as of last year. Another ammonia producer, Yara Clean Ammonia, projects that around 39%, or 182 million mt, of demand for its ammonia will be from ships by 2050.

According to Ta'ZIZ, the project will benefit from the UAE's position as a “major producer and reserves holder of natural gas and leader in Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage (CCUS).”

ADNOC currently operates the Al Reyadah CCUS facility, which has capacity to capture 800,000 mt/year of CO2.

By Konica Bhatt

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