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 reported
JOB CREATION (reported): 52 permanent, 250 construction — see Job Openings [LINK]
START-UP DATE (reported): 2015 last 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
BioNitrogen wanted to build up to five of its biomass-to-urea plants in Louisiana. The state allocated tax free bonds and other incentives. Nothing happened. 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, each plant
JOB CREATION: 52 permanent, 250 construction — see Job Openings [LINK]
START-UP DATE: None, 2017 last estimate, initially 2015
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, woody and sugar cane bagasse
END PRODUCTS: Urea

RESEARCH NOTES:
[Update pending …] BioNitrogen proposes to build “up to five” small-scale biomass-to-urea plants on a 245 acre parcel of land on the Mississippi River. The land purchase agreement was completed in July 2013. $1.25 billion in Louisiana State bonds was approved in April 2013 and $300 million in tax-exempt bonds were allocated in 2013; these were returned unused but were carried forward in February 2014.

Construction was due to begin on the first plant in the fourth quarter of 2013 for start-up in 2015; BioNitrogen has not yet announced a revised start date. [/memberful]

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ADDRESS: Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, United States
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]
• 02/07/2014: BioNitrogen documents: State of Louisiana EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. BJ 2014 – 2 CARRY-FORWARD BOND ALLOCATION 2013 [PDF]
• 10/17/2013: BioNitrogen press release: BioNitrogen Receives Allocation of $300 Million to Issue Tax-Exempt Bonds for Initial BioNitrogen Plant in Pointe Coupee Parish, LA [LINK]
• 08/15/2013: BioNitrogen press release: BioNitrogen Holdings Corporation Signs Agreement With the Casale Group for Ammonia and Urea Plant Technology [LINK]
• 07/08/2013: BioNitrogen press release: BioNitrogen Corporation Signs Agreement to Acquire 245 Acres of Land in Pointe Coupe, Louisiana [LINK]
• 04/18/2013: BioNitrogen press release: Louisiana State Bond Commission Approves $1.25 Billion Tax-Exempt Bonds for Five BioNitrogen Plants in Pointe Coupee Parish [LINK]
• 04/02/2013: BioNitrogen press release: BioNitrogen Corporation Announces Supply Agreement With United Suppliers, Inc. for Plants in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana [LINK]
• 03/06/2013: The Advocate: Fla. firm slated to receive up to $1.25 billion in bonds [LINK]