Aramco used captured CO₂ from blue ammonia production in downstream applications
Aramco ships certified blue ammonia to Japan
FOC will co-fire the ammonia at its Sodegaura refinery
State-owned Saudi Aramco has announced the first shipment of certified blue ammonia to Japan for co-firing in power generation at the 143,000bl/d Sodegaura refinery, owned by Japan’s Fuji Oil Company (FOC). The ammonia was produced by Saudi chemicals firm Sabic—in which Aramco holds a 70pc majority stake—with feedstock from Aramco and shipped by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui OSK Lines. CO₂ emissions from production were captured and used in downstream applications. Aramco previously trialled shipment of non-certified blue ammonia to Japan in 2020 and completed the first commercial shipment of certified blue ammonia to South Korea’s Lotte Chemical in late 2022. Aramco and Sabic first received
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