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re: CF Industries building new ammonia facility in Louisiana

Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:05 pm to
Posted by OU812ME2
Earth
Member since Jun 2021
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Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:05 pm to
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Or what else can the ammonia be used for?


Douches?
Posted by jmorr34
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2004
3356 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:14 pm to
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what else can the ammonia be used for?


Can be used to power large shipping vessels.
Posted by charliemurphy69
Member since Nov 2023
540 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:22 pm to
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what else can the ammonia be used for?


I used to huff it in back alleys during college
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
2075 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:25 pm to
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This has been planned since trumps first term. Maybe even obama’s second term


Neither . . . This was announced in 2022. The project you're referring to was at the existing D'ville facility.
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
15568 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:48 pm to
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What else will this plant make besides fertilizer? Or what else can the ammonia be used for?


To be sent to South Korea to be used in Steel Mills and power plants apparently.
Posted by BadatBourre
Member since Jan 2019
1224 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 2:06 pm to
Anyone have any idea where they are going to expand too? No way they let them build any closer to the school. It's going to be going across 70, right?

Posted by GeorgeReymond
Buckhead
Member since Jan 2013
10380 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 2:16 pm to
Yep
Posted by bapple
Capital City
Member since Oct 2010
12194 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 2:48 pm to
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What else will this plant make besides fertilizer? Or what else can the ammonia be used for?


One of the potential technologies involves co-firing the ammonia with coal and cleaning up emissions. I don’t know the full ins and outs of that process but Asian countries have very large coal power plants and see the utility in getting this ammonia, hence their desire to help fund the project.
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
8172 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 2:59 pm to
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Anyone have any idea where they are going to expand too? No way they let them build any closer to the school. It's going to be going across 70, right?


On River Rd north of Dville. Called Modeste.
Posted by TheDonald
Washington DC
Member since Dec 2024
546 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:18 pm to
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I've never heard this term before regarding CF's location. What does that refer to?


It refers to property that CF bought 2 years ago in Modeste. Just out of town headed toward White Castle.
Posted by AnotherWin4LSU
Member since Jun 2023
395 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:19 pm to
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What else will this plant make besides fertilizer? Or what else can the ammonia be used for?


One of the potential technologies involves co-firing the ammonia with coal and cleaning up emissions. I don’t know the full ins and outs of that process but Asian countries have very large coal power plants and see the utility in getting this ammonia, hence their desire to help fund the project.


Will gladly take Asian money investing in Louisiana but they better not try and bring their seafood with them.
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
41495 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:25 pm to
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What else will this plant make besides fertilizer? Or what else can the ammonia be used for?


Fuel. It can be used as a carbon free fuel source in specially designed power plants and marine shipping vessels
Posted by back9Tiger
Island Coconut Salesman
Member since Nov 2005
17640 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:31 pm to
That is Exxon with Denbury Resources for a Carbon Capture project near Plattville, LA
Posted by Jmcc64
alabama
Member since Apr 2021
1847 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:40 pm to
don't food processing facilities use it in refrigeration? or is that old tech?
Posted by back9Tiger
Island Coconut Salesman
Member since Nov 2005
17640 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:40 pm to
Not sure.
Posted by jeffsdad
Member since Mar 2007
24125 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:51 pm to
I remember when the sterlington ammonia plant blew up. North Monroe got 145 injured patients.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53480 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:56 pm to
Very exciting, I was hoping we'd get a new Ammonia facility
Posted by upgrade
Member since Jul 2011
14644 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 5:21 pm to
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This was announced in 2022


Sure. It was announced in 2022.
It’s been a plan for longer than that.
Posted by fjlee90
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2016
8519 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 5:36 pm to
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don't food processing facilities use it in refrigeration? or is that old tech?


Yes, ammonia refrigeration is a thing.

Ammonia is a key raw ingredient in a large number of herbicides, pesticides, and insecticides as well. It is the key molecule for agriculture.
Posted by Cuz413
Member since Nov 2007
9988 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 5:48 pm to
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Blue Point site


I've never heard this term before regarding CF's location. What does that refer to?


All I know is growing up around Dville, "The Point" is between Aben and Lemanville. The river makes a sharp turn and there's sandy beach area we would go ride 3 wheelers to or sometimes have a little cookout.

It's directly across the river from Houmas House
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