Saudi Arabia sends blue ammonia to South Korea
Saudi-South Korean energy and economic cooperation is increasing. Other Gulf states are also exploring blue ammonia, and the energy source has both benefits and downsides.
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned energy company announced Tuesday a major blue ammonia shipment to South Korea.
Aramco and the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) said they shipped 25,000 metric tons of blue ammonia to South Korea’s Lotte Fine Chemicals. The shipment left Jubail Saudi Arabia back in November, SABIC said in a press release.
What it means: Blue ammonia is an energy source that is created by separating hydrogen from carbon dioxide via carbon capture. The separated hydrogen is then combined with methane to produce blue ammonia.
For comparison, blue hydrogen is also made by using carbon capture to separate hydrogen from carbon dioxide. Blue hydrogen is not combined with methane.
