SABIC Agri-Nutrients shipped its first 5k ton load of low-carbon ammonia to India, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported last Thursday. The shipment originated from Jubail and was shipped to the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO). An expected date of arrival or whether the shipment is blue or green ammonia has not been disclosed.

Not SABIC’s first shipment to Asia: In partnership with Saudi Aramco, SABIC Agri-Nutrients shipped 25k tons of low-carbon blue ammonia to South Korea last November, which marked the world’s first commercial shipment of blue ammonia to the country. SABIC and Saudi Aramco also had an earlier partnership in 2020 where the companies sent a shipment of low-carbon ammonia to Japan, in cooperation with the Japan Institute of Energy Economics, according to the SPA.

GCC working hard to become a hub for low-carbon ammonia exports: State-owned QatarEnergy signed agreements last September to build the world’s largest blue ammonia plant — worth USD 1 bn — which is set to produce 1.2 mn tons of blue ammonia annually. More recently, Saudi mining company Ma’aden inked an MoU with Japanese industrial conglomerate Mitsui & Co in March, and another with Taiwan Fertiliser Company, to become the first commercial supplier of blue ammonia to both Japan and Taiwan.