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CNX Pulls Out of West Virginia Hydrogen Hub Ammonia Plant Project

Friday afternoon, CNX Resources issued a press release to announce it is officially pulling out of the previously announced multi-billion-dollar clean ammonia manufacturing facility in southern West Virginia, part of the ARCH2 (Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub) project. Adams Fork Energy, Haldor Topsoe, and CNX announced the project in April with much fanfare (see CNX to Provide NatGas for WV Hydrogen Hub Clean Ammonia Plant). CNX was supposed to provide natural gas to the plant, tentatively scheduled to begin construction in 2024 in Mingo County, WV. CNX said it was pulling out for two reasons…
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KeyState NatGas/CCUS Project in Clinton, PA Now $2B, Extra 2 Yrs

The KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis project in Clinton County, PA, is developing the first carbon capture project in Pennsylvania, which will locally produce hydrogen, ammonia, and urea (see Innovative Clinton County, PA Petchem Plant Gets More Investors). The project includes a closed natural gas extraction and manufacturing system that produces zero emissions and emission-reduced products. The last time we checked, the estimated cost to build the project was $400-$500 million, and it would be up and running by the end of 2026. Strike that! In an update, the project (which is under construction) will take upward of $2 billion (!) to build and won’t be ready until “2027 or 2028.” However, the extra money and extra time are a good sign.
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South Dakota Sioux Tribe Offers Support for WV Ammonia Plant

You never know how Marcellus/Utica gas affects the entire country for the good. Here’s an interesting example. In April, the ARCH2 (Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub) project, the West Virginia-led effort to attract $1 billion of government funding for one of 6-10 regional hydrogen hubs, took a big leap forward with the announcement of a plan to build a “multi-billion-dollar” clean ammonia manufacturing facility in southern West Virginia (see CNX to Provide NatGas for WV Hydrogen Hub Clean Ammonia Plant). The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (FSST) of South Dakota formally announced its support of the WV clean ammonia plant project in a press release yesterday.
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CNX to Provide NatGas for WV Hydrogen Hub Clean Ammonia Plant

The ARCH2 (Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub) project, the West Virginia-led effort to attract government funding for one of 6-10 regional hydrogen hubs, took a leap forward today with the announcement by Adams Fork Energy, Haldor Topsoe, and CNX Resources Corp. of a plan to build a “multi-billion-dollar” clean ammonia manufacturing facility in southern West Virginia. CNX will provide natural gas to the plant, tentatively scheduled to begin construction in 2024 in Mingo County, WV. The ammonia plant will be an “anchor project” in the ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub application currently under consideration by the U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Blue Ammonia Plant on Gulf Coast Announced – Fed by TETCO Pipe

In our daily perusal of press releases, we spotted an announcement from Yara and Enbridge about a joint venture to build a “world scale” low-carbon blue ammonia project along the Gulf Coast near Corpus Christi, Texas. We thought, “Hmmm, that’s interesting.” But as we read the announcement, our eyes got wide when they landed on this statement: “Enbridge’s Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline is expected to provide the transportation service for feed gas that will be used for the production process.” Whoa! Now that’s REALLY interesting! We’ll tell you why…
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Amogy Using Ammonia to Power World’s 1st Zero Emissions Tugboat

From time to time, we notice stories about ammonia, which crop up in our natural gas news feeds. Ammonia (NH3) is produced commercially via the catalytic reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen at high temperature and pressure. Some 95% of all hydrogen is produced by cracking methane (natural gas). Ergo, ammonia is ultimately made from natural gas. One particular story caught our attention. A startup company in Brooklyn, NY, is working on converting an old tug boat from burning diesel to burning ammonia. The company, called Amogy (a portmanteau of ammonia and energy), says the future of shipping is ammonia for fuel.
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