Air Products signs multi-billion-dollar agreement with Oman company

Air Products OQ, Oman’s leading integrated energy group, and ACWA Power have signed a joint development agreement toward a multibillion-dollar investment in a world-scale green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility powered by renewable energy in Oman. 

The agreement signing follows a memorandum of understanding signed in December 2021. 

Envisioned for Oman’s Salalah Free Zone, the joint venture project would include the integration of renewable power from solar, wind and storage; production of hydrogen by electrolysis; production of nitrogen by air separation; and production of green ammonia.  

The companies said that the green hydrogen-based ammonia production facility would be equally owned by the project partners. 

Air Products Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Seifi Ghasemi, said, “We are delighted and honored to work with the government of Oman to develop this multibillion-dollar project, which would be similar to the world-scale green hydrogen project we are implementing with our partners in NEOM in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We look forward to applying our know-how, technology and more than 60 years of experience in hydrogen to help move this project forward and take another significant step in decarbonizing the world.”