Clariant Catalysts and KBR expand strategic pact on ammonia production

HOUSTON (ICIS)—Chemical company Clariant Catalysts has announced the expansion of its strategic cooperation with global engineering firm KBR regarding ammonia production.

Clariant said the partners will continue collaborating on traditional ammonia projects while significantly increasing their focus on low-carbon and carbon-free green ammonia applications.

It further said the solutions will combine Clariant’s outstanding AmoMax ammonia synthesis catalysts with KBR’s K-GreeN ammonia technologies to maximize the economics and energy efficiency of ammonia production.

For the production of carbon-free green ammonia, KBR’s technology is combined with Clariant’s catalyst to convert green hydrogen with nitrogen from an air separation unit.

Clariant said the partners’ complete green ammonia solution has already been selected for 10 prestigious green ammonia projects around the world.

“We are proud of our long and successful history as partners and are delighted to strengthen our cooperation with KBR. By extending our collaboration towards sustainable ammonia solutions, we generate synergies for innovations supporting fertilizer production and the energy transition,” said Georg Anfang, Clariant Catalysts, vice president syngas and fuels.

“Our state-of-the-art catalysts optimally complement KBR’s advanced process technologies to enable economical and reliable large-scale production of low-carbon and green ammonia.”

KBR has licensed and designed over 250 grassroot ammonia plants worldwide with Clariant providing catalysts best suited for the optimum performance of KBR-licensed ammonia plants.