Messer and US producer LSB Industries renew long-term CO2 agreement

HOUSTON (ICIS)–Industrial gas firm Messer announced it has entered into a long-term renewal of a carbon dioxide (CO2) purchase and sale agreement with US fertilizer producer LSB Industries.

As part of the agreement, Messer said it will subsequently commit more than $9 million into the liquid CO2 plant at LSB’s Cherokee, Alabama, facility with a focus of this investment on the continued safe and reliable operations at the site.

The plant manufactures fertilizers including ammonia, urea and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) and it also makes industrial and mining offerings including ammonium nitrate (AN) solutions and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF).

Messer said this deal will help increase security of its CO2 supply and provide continuity to customers for decades to come.

“The efficiency upgrades for the plant modernization effort will add more molecules to our network and reduce CO2 emissions at the site in-line with our sustainability goals,” said Chris Ebeling, Messer executive vice president, sales & marketing, North America.