UPDATED: 02/01/2018 — see Change Log

OWNER: Nutrien, formerly Agrium
PROJECT: Ammonia-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): None given
JOB CREATION (reported): 165 permanent — see Job Openings [LINK]
START-UP DATE (reported): 1977

CAPACITY	USGS[1]	COMPANY[2]	PERMIT[3]	ADJUSTED[4]
Ammonia		523,475 mtpy	[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] Nutrien Fact Book 2018. Sources linked below. [3] [Membership required]. Sources: linked below. [4] [Membership required]. See Methodology.

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SUMMARY STATUS:
The Carseland plant has been producing ammonia and urea since 1977. In January 2018, Nutrien was formed through a “merger of equals” between Agrium and PotashCorp that was originally announced in September 2016.

COST: None given
JOB CREATION: 165 permanent — see Job Openings [LINK]
START-UP DATE: 1977

CAPACITY	USGS[1]	COMPANY[2]	PERMIT[3]	ADJUSTED[4]
Ammonia		523,475 mtpy GROSS 114,551 mtpy NET		523,475 mtpy GROSS 114,551 mtpy NET
Urea		705,041 mpty		705,041 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] Nutrien Fact Book 2018. Sources linked below. [3] No capacity data in available permit documents. Sources: linked below. [4] Adjusted Capacity is in metric tons per year; based on Nutrien’s data. See Methodology.

FEEDSTOCK: Natural gas
END PRODUCTS: Ammonia, Urea

RESEARCH NOTES:
In January 2018, Nutrien was formed through a “merger of equals” between Agrium and PotashCorp that was originally announced in September 2016.

The Carseland plant was built in 1977 by Cominco (originally called Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co of Canada Ltd), which renamed itself Agrium in 1993. The plant was originally announced as having capacities of 1,500 stpd ammonia and 1,200 stpd urea.

Fertilizer ships out by truck and rail.

Before the merger, Agrium claimed that Carseland was “the first fertilizer production facility to have zero water discharge,” and that its urea plant was “the first in the world to use all centrifugal pumps and compressors in the high pressure section of the plant.”[/memberful]

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ADDRESS: Township Road 221, Carseland, Alberta, T0J 0V0, Canada

WEBSITE: https://www.nutrien.com

REGULATORY SOURCES:

• USGS: Minerals Yearbook, Nitrogen [RECENT / ARCHIVE]
• Alberta Environmental Authorization: permit document search [LINK / PDF]
• US Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filings: EDGAR Search Results, Agrium Inc., CIK#: 0000943003 [LINK]

NEWS SOURCES:

• 01/02/2018: Nutrien press release: Agrium and PotashCorp Merger Completed Forming Nutrien, a Leader in Global Agriculture [LINK]
• 01/2018: Nutrien Fact Book 2018 [PDF]
• 09/12/2016: Agrium / PotashCorp merger presentation: Creation of a World-Class Integrated Global Supplier of Crop Inputs [PDF]
• 09/12/2016: Agrium press release: Agrium and PotashCorp to Combine in Merger of Equals to Create a World-Class Integrated Global Supplier of Crop Inputs [LINK]
• 2015: Agrium Fact Book 2014-2015 [PDF]
• June 2015: Agrium Brochure: Carseland [PDF]