UPDATED: 11/05/2015 — see Change Log

OWNER: BioNitrogen (BioNitrogen Holdings Corp)
PROJECT: Greenfield urea plant[memberful does_not_have_subscription=”1314-ammonia-industry-annual-subscription,1311-ammonia-industry-monthly-subscription,3338-ammonia-industry-30-day-subscription”]

COST (reported): Not announced
JOB CREATION (reported): Not announced — see Job Openings [LINK]
START-UP DATE (reported): Not announced

CAPACITY	USGS[1]	COMPANY[2]	PERMIT[3]	ADJUSTED[4]
Ammonia		[None given]	[Membership required]	[Membership required]
Units: stpd, stpy, mtpd, mtpy = short/metric tons per day/year. [1] United States Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Yearbook, Nitrogen gives capacity in metric tons per year, calculated as “engineering design capacity adjusted for 340 days per year of effective production capability,” rounded to three significant digits. Source: most recent year, Table 4: Domestic Producers of Ammonia, http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/nitrogen/. [2] Company does not specify ammonia capacity. [3] [Membership required]. Sources: linked below. [4] [Membership required]. See Methodology.

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SUMMARY STATUS: Financing Phase – in Bankruptcy Protection
To date, no more than a feasibility study. This site may yet be developed if one of BioNitrogen’s proof-of-concept plants in Florida ever gets built. BioNitrogen entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2015.

COST: $300 million estimate
JOB CREATION: 52 permanent, 250 construction — see Job Openings [LINK]
START-UP DATE: None
LIKELIHOOD: Dead — see Methodology

CAPACITY	USGS[1]	COMPANY[2]	PERMIT[3]	ADJUSTED[4]
Ammonia				100,107 mtpy
Urea		520 stpd 179,000 stpy		172,184 mtpy
Units: stpd, stpy, mtpd, mtpy = short/metric tons per day/year. [1] United States Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Yearbook, Nitrogen gives capacity in metric tons per year, calculated as “engineering design capacity adjusted for 340 days per year of effective production capability,” rounded to three significant digits. Source: most recent year, Table 4: Domestic Producers of Ammonia, http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/nitrogen/. [2] Company presentations, company does not specify ammonia capacity. [3] No air permit applications. [4] Adjusted Capacity is in metric tons per year assuming operations for 365 days per year; urea capacity based on company presentations, daily capacity; ammonia capacity estimated as required feedstock for urea capacity. See Methodology.

FEEDSTOCK: Biomass (straw)
END PRODUCTS: Urea

RESEARCH NOTES:
[Update pending …] BioNitrogen announced in March 2013 that is was performing a feasibility study for “one or more” biomass urea plants for Battle River Agri-Ventures Co-op. The ammonia capacity is an estimate, based on the assumption that this project would involve only one urea plant (though it could be more), with capacity equal to BioNitrogen’s first plant, in Florida. [/memberful]

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ADDRESS: Battle River, Alberta, Canada

WEBSITE: http://www.bionitrogen.com/

REGULATORY SOURCES:

• USGS: Minerals Yearbook, Nitrogen [RECENT / ARCHIVE]
• US Securities and Exchange Commission filings: EDGAR Search Results, Bio Nitrogen Holdings Corp CIK#: 0001015979 [LINK]
• OTC Markets filings: BioNitrogen LLC [LINK]

NEWS SOURCES:

• 11/04/2015: Wall Street Journal: BioNitrogen Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection [LINK]
• 11/04/2015: BioNitrogen press release: BioNitrogen Holdings Corp. Files for Chapter 11 Protection [LINK]
• 03/26/2013: BioNitrogen press release: BioNitrogen studying Alberta urea plant options [LINK]