据管道新闻网3月21日消息称，全球最大的氨生产商CF工业控股公司周一宣布，将以16.8亿美元的价格收购澳大利亚Incitec Pivot Ltd的美国制造工厂。

出售位于路易斯安那州Waggaman (WALA)的工厂符合这家澳大利亚化肥制造商正在进行的重组计划，该计划将使该公司剥离其炸药制造业务Dyno Nobel。

Incitec还与CF工业公司签订了一份为期25年的供应协议，每年可提供20万吨氨，以支持 Dyno Nobel Americas（DNA）炸药业务。该设施的铭牌产能为每年880万吨氨。

两家公司将拨出约4.25亿美元用于长期氨采购协议。

总部位于伊利诺伊州的CF工业公司首席执行官Tony Will说：“Waggaman工厂将无缝对接到我们的网络，以及我们将氨作为清洁能源的战略重点，因为它靠近我们路易斯安那州Donaldsonville的综合设施，并有管道连接。”

CF工业公司表示，预计将在该基地加快实施碳捕获和存储(CCS)。

去年11月，Incitec首次宣布有意出售WALA工厂，并警告称，此次出售可能会将其拆分Dyno Nobel的计划推迟最多一年。

Incitec计划单独上市Dyno Nobel，该公司于2008年以近30亿美元(20.1亿美元)收购了Dyno Nobel，以刺激炸药和化肥业务的增长，这些业务将受益于向可再生能源的过渡，并克服食品供应的挑战。

曹海斌 摘译自 管道新闻网

原文如下：

CF Industries to buy Incitec Pivot's U.S. ammonia plant in $1.68 B deal

CF Industries Holdings, the world's top ammonia producer, will buy the U.S. manufacturing facility of Australia's Incitec Pivot Ltd in a $1.68 B deal, the companies said on Monday.

The sale of the facility in Waggaman, Louisiana (WALA) is in line with the Australian fertilizer maker's ongoing restructuring plan, which will see the company spin off its explosives manufacturing business - Dyno Nobel.

Incitec has also secured a 25-year supply agreement with CF Industries for up to 200,000 tons of ammonia per annum to support the Dyno Nobel Americas (DNA) explosives business. The facility has a nameplate capacity of 880,000 tons of ammonia annually.

The companies will set aside about $425 M of the deal value for a long-term ammonia offtake agreement.

"The Waggaman facility will fit seamlessly into our network, as well as our strategic focus on ammonia as a clean energy source, given its proximity and pipeline connection to our Donaldsonville, Louisiana, Complex," Illinois-based CF Industries' CEO Tony Will said.

CF Industries expects to implement carbon capture and storage (CCS) at the site on an accelerated timeline, it said.

Incitec had first announced its intention to sell the WALA plant in November and warned that the sale could delay its plans to demerge Dyno Nobel by up to a year.

Incitec plans to separately list Dyno Nobel, which it acquired in 2008 for nearly $3 B ($2.01 B) to spur growth in the explosives and fertilizer businesses which would benefit from the transition to renewable energy and overcome food supply challenges.