Nutrien is the third-largest nitrogen producer in the world, with over seven million tonnes of gross ammonia capacity and the ability to produce more than 11 million tonnes of total nitrogen products in the US, Canada, and Trinidad.
We produce nitrogen at nine strategically located production facilities throughout Canada, the US, and Trinidad and operate four regional product upgrade sites in North America. Our transportation and distribution network leverages truck, rail, pipeline, barge, and marine vessel modes, including direct access to tidewater in the US and Trinidad.
Nitrogen 101
Nitrogen (N) is one of the building blocks of life. About 80 percent of the air we breathe is nitrogen. Plants use it once it becomes ammonium or nitrate through industrial or natural processes.
1. Ammonia plant
Ammonia is synthesized from natural gas, air, and steam.
2. Downstream plants
Our nitrogen products (including ammonia) can be sold as is or upgraded to value-added products.
3. Finished product and primary uses
Primary distribution methods
Rail, truck, vessel, and pipeline.
Nameplate ammonia capacity
Leased railcars
Strategically located production facilities
Annual low-carbon* ammonia production capability
*Low-carbon ammonia is ammonia made with direct GHG emissions typically reduced by approximately 60 percent but up to 80 percent compared to a conventional process, produced primarily using carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) or other low-emission production technologies. This definition does not include end product use.
Nitrogen (N) is required by every living cell. It’s a fundamental building block of plant proteins that improve crop yield and quality and is essential for proper animal nutrition and maturation.
Essential for protein synthesis and speeds up plant growth.
Plays a key role in animal growth and development.
Used to make industrial products like plastics, resins, adhesives, and emission control.
Nutrien continues to work hard to alleviate the shortfalls in fertilizer production caused by global supply chain disruptions and the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year.
Read the storyEarlier this year, the team at our Fort Saskatchewan Nitrogen facility was discussing ideas for plant optimization. They reached out to Adeyinka Opadeyi, Senior Engineer and NROC Operator, who performed a review of the site remotely from the operations center.
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