Air Products’ Global Hydrogen, Ammonia Projects to Supply Yara International

Air Products and Yara International ASA (Yara) will soon finalize a partnership agreement to combine Air Products’ industrial gas capabilities and low-emission hydrogen with Yara’s globally situated ammonia production and distribution network. Once final agreements, project completions, and operational statuses are declared, Yara will obtain hydrogen and ammonia from the Louisiana Clean Energy Complex and the NEOM Green Hydrogen Project.

“Air Products’ two advanced projects are a strategic fit with Yara’s nitrogen system—enabling energy diversification and profitable decarbonization while aligning with our disciplined capital allocation policy,” said Svein Tore Holsether, CEO, Yara. “The Louisiana project builds on a proven, capital-efficient model; producing ammonia from externally sourced hydrogen and delivering strong returns.”

In Louisiana, Air Products is developing the world’s largest low-carbon energy complex designed to produce over 750 million standard cubic feet per day of low-carbon hydrogen, while capturing 95% of CO₂ emitted during regular operation. The complex’s ammonia plant, once reaching agreed-upon performance levels, will have its production, storage, and shipping facilities transferred to Yara for approximately 25% of the total project cost ($8 – 9 billion). Yara will manage operations and integrate the ammonia output into its distribution network.

Air Products will retain ownership and operations for industrial gases production, supplying approximately 80% of the low-carbon hydrogen to Yara under a 25-year offtake agreement—this hydrogen will be used to produce 2.8 million tons of low-carbon ammonia per year. Remaining hydrogen volumes will be supplied to Air Products’ customers along the U.S. Gulf Coast via its 700-mile hydrogen pipeline system.

Additionally, about 5 million tons per year of high-purity CO₂ captured at the Air Products facility will be sequestered by a third party according to a presently undisclosed long-term agreement. Both companies are targeting final investment decisions by mid-year 2026, with project completion slated for 2030.

The NEOM Green Hydrogen Project in Saudi Arabia is over 90% complete and may enter commercial production in 2027. Air Products is the sole offtaker of up to 1.2 million tons per year of renewable ammonia and may enter the following marketing and distribution agreement with Yara: The company will commercialize, on a commission basis, the ammonia not sold by Air Products as renewable hydrogen in Europe. The marketing and distribution contract is expected to be finalized by early 2026.

NASA’s Hydrogen Sphere

In August 2025, Air Products finished the first liquid hydrogen fill of the world’s largest hydrogen sphere at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, FL, trucking in more than 50 trailers containing over 730,000 gallons. The tank measures 90-feet-tall and 83-feet in diameter. This liquefied hydrogen will power NASA’s Artemis missions, which intends to transport humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972, or the Apollo era. The mission will also attempt to establish a long-term presence on the Moon. NASA combines liquid hydrogen with liquid oxygen to fuel cryogenic rocket engines.

Since 1957, Air Products and NASA have maintained a working relationship, with Air Products supplying liquid hydrogen and other industrial gases for Orion, the Space Shuttle, Apollo, and other U.S. Space Program applications, such as the Mercury missions. The company also works with NASA’s engine testing program at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, Johnson Space Center in Texas, and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.