NH3 Clean Energy, Pilbara Ports sign a MoU on ammonia shipment for WAH2 Project (Australia)
NH3 Clean Energy Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Pilbara Ports Authority, exploring the options for the loading and export of 600,000 tpy of clean ammonia from the company’s WAH2 Project.
Highlights:
- The non-binding MoU outlines collaboration between NH3 and Pilbara Ports over the next 12 months intended to establish operational arrangements and binding agreements supporting clean ammonia export from the WAH2 Project.
- Phase 1 production of 600,000 tpy of clean ammonia would be shipped via the Port of Dampier Bulk Liquids Berth.
- The MoU covers ship loading for both export and bunkering customers, aligning with NH3’s broader clean energy strategy.
Executive summary. This MoU further advances the collaboration that has been taking place between NH3 and
Pilbara Ports around the handling, loading and export of the clean ammonia produced from the WAH2 plant. Ammonia would be transported from the WAH2 Plant to the Port of Dampier by a new-build pipeline located in the existing infrastructure corridor. The ammonia would be loaded onto ships at the existing Port of Dampier Bulk Liquids Berth,
subject to availability and commercial agreements. These ships would either be gas carriers to transport the clean ammonia to overseas customers, or the ammonia bunkering vessel that is being proposed under NH3’s MoU with Oceania Marine Energy.1
The bunkering vessel would supply clean ammonia as fuel to bulk carriers that are used to export iron ore from the Pilbara – helping to decarbonise Australia’s iron ore exports and establish Dampier as a clean fuel bunkering hub. This MoU comes on top of recent announcements regarding the completion of Pre-FEED engineering2, gas supply3 and CO2 transport4 as the project continues to progress towards its target of FEED entry at the end of Q1 2025.
The completed technical work, preliminary commercial agreements and Pre-FEED financial modelling are the basis for the next stage of strategic and customer discussions. These discussions will be supported by a WAH2 Project data room in February. The Company is already engaged with more than a dozen potential offtake and strategic partners and anticipates continued news-flow and announcements as these progress.
The WAH2 Project. The WAH2 Project is NH3’s flagship project to supply low-emissions ammonia to the decarbonizing powerhouse economies of the Asia Pacific, including Japan and South Korea as well as being a source of decarbonized ‘bunker’ fuel for powering bulk carriers carrying iron ore from Australia to Asia. The project is well placed as Asia’s energy transition drives an increasing demand for low emissions energy. The Project is progressing towards its target of entering front end engineering and design (FEED) at the end of Q1 2025.
Footnotes:
1 NH3 ASX ‘WAH2 Project – Ammonia Bunkering Memorandum of Understanding’ announcement dated 13 May 2024.
2 NH3 ASX ‘NH3 Clean Energy Completes Pre-FEED Engineering for WAH2 Project’ announcement dated 3 Feb 2025.
3 NH3 ASX ‘Hexagon and Chevron Australia agree on Indication of gas Supply for WAH2 Project’ announcement dated Nov 4, 2024.
4 NH3 ASX ‘NH3 Clean Energy and Australia Gas Infrastructure Group sign Memorandum of Understanding on CO2
transportation for WAH2 Project’ announcement dated 10 Dec 2024.
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