Our friends at OCI have kicked off the construction of a blue ammonia facility in Texas with an annual capacity of 1.1 mn tonnes, the company said in a statement (pdf) on Thursday. The company expects to double its production by 1Q2025. The facility’s location in the US Gulf will facilitate exports of clean ammonia to markets in Europe and Asia. The recent US climate bill made this project attractive for the company, OCI executive chairman Nassef Sawiris said.

US Climate Bill? What’s that, you say? Check out our explainer on it and its impact here.