Agri-Nutrients
SABIC’s Agri-nutrients portfolio is comprised of a wide variety of products spanning urea, ammonia, and inorganic solutions
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2
Edison awards
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11,000t
of certified low carbon ammonia shipped to customers
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Products*
Nitrogen-based inorganic fertilizers and phosphates; technical grade urea (TGU); differentiated products (e.g. zinc-coated urea, stabilized urea, and bio-enhanced urea); low-carbon ammonia and urea
Food security, climate change, and energy transition are the most urgent issues for SABIC Agri-Nutrients over the next several decades. Usage of traditional nitrogenous and phosphate-based fertilizers, such as urea, monoammonium phosphate (MAP), and diammonium phosphate (DAP), will continue to increase in order to feed a growing global population. Regulatory changes from governments are discouraging the supply of traditional carbon-intensive fertilizers and encouraging investment in low-carbon alternatives. Climatic, dietary, and regulatory changes are driving a steeper demand for differentiated and more sustainable fertilizers in the future.
Continuous improvement of asset reliability coupled with high resource-efficiency have enabled the company to maintain cost-efficiency while meeting production targets. SABIC Agri-Nutrients’ global go-to-market strategy and new downstream integrations, through acquisition and expansion, have resulted in high sales volumes despite a down-turn in prices.
Strong research and innovation capabilities enable SABIC Agri-Nutrients to develop and produce differentiated, value-added, and low-carbon products that support the evolving needs of end-users and the global drive for decarbonization. SABIC Agri-Nutrients, together with Saudi Aramco, continues to pioneer the low-carbon fertilizer business, developing new products and achieving global-firsts in shipments of low carbon, clean ammonia, and low-carbon urea.
COLLABORATIONS
- Partnerships and collaborations, such as with BiOWiSH, are enabling SABIC Agri-Nutrients to bring differentiated bio-enhanced fertilizer products to the market after achieving successful regulatory approvals in multiple countries. The first bulk shipment of SABIC bio-enhanced urea is expected to arrive in the US in early 2024.
- SABIC Agri-Nutrients also signed an exclusive agreement to pursue ammonia production using Atmonia’s technology in the Middle East. Atmonia ehf is an Icelandic company developing sustainable production process for ammonia in a single-step process, using only water, nitrogen from air, and clean electricity.
Read more about the performance of our Agri-Nutrients business in 2023.
Disclaimer: This abridged interactive version of the SABIC Integrated Annual Report 2023 is based on the original PDF report published on this website. In case of any discrepancy, the original PDF report will prevail.