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Alberta Industrial Heartland Association

Alberta Industrial Heartland Association. Community Meeting October 30, 2012. Overview of Agrium. Helping to feed the world. To sustain people, we need fertilizer. By the year 2025, the population of the world will be a little over 8 billion people.

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Alberta Industrial Heartland Association

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  1. Alberta Industrial Heartland Association Community Meeting October 30, 2012

  2. Overview of Agrium Helping to feed the world

  3. To sustain people, we need fertilizer By the year 2025, the population of the world will be a little over 8 billion people. That's 100,000,000 more a year, 273,972 a day, or 76 people born every second! If we were to try to feed the world without fertilizer, billions of people could starve.

  4. Agrium: A Leading Global Provider of Agricultural Inputs The Largest Global Ag Retailer: Approximately 1,250 Facilities The 3rd Largest Nitrogen Producer Globally A Leading Producer of NPK Products: 9 MMT Capacity Nitrogen>5mmt capacity North America - Over 900 Retail Facilities Potash & Phosphate>3mmt capacity Australia – Over 250 Retail Facilities South America - Over 50 Retail Facilities A Leading Retailer with Seed and Crop Protection Product Sales of Over $4.5-billion A World Leader in Innovative Controlled-Release Fertilizers A Major Global Fertilizer Distributor: Over 3 MMT Annual NPK Volumes Source: Agrium All figures in USD

  5. Environmental Stewardship Agrium takes its Environmental Stewardship very seriously. Not only on site but the downstream use of our products. Agrium supports our industries 4R™ Nutrient Stewardship System of best management practices in the field: Right Product, Right Rate, Right Time, Right Place. We work with growers on how our products can be best applied to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and losses to water. Promote community involvement like the “Caring for our Watersheds” program (caringforourwatersheds.com), 2011 Emerald Award winner We also promote science based educational programs and materials like our “Seed Survivor” program. We developed and produce Environmentally Smart Nitrogen - ESN®

  6. Redwater Specific Helping to feed the world

  7. Background Redwater Fertilizer Operations (RFO) opened its doors in the late 1960’s and is now Canada’s largest fertilizer complex Three of the four main plant nutrients farmers need are produced at RFO (Nitrogen, Phosphate and Sulphur) With the global population growth and demand for food increasing Agrium is growing too as it tries to help feed the world

  8. Project Scope Over the last couple months Agrium has been looking at opportunities to grow within North America Currently looking at a 500 metric tonnes per day upgrade of RFO Urea facility (current production is approximately 2100 metric tonnes per day) Most of the work will be done in the Urea Plant, with some work being performed to upgrade some utilities that support Urea (steam, electricity, material loading and shipping)

  9. The Redwater site today Urea Granulation Storage Building

  10. Where the work will take place

  11. Why we are considering this project Since shale gas development, natural gas prices in North America are now more attractive compared to the world North America imports about half of the Nitrogen fertilizers it uses RFO opportunity is to convert Ammonia to Urea to increase value of the product we produce

  12. Project Schedule if we proceed Preliminary engineering is underway Hope to order long delivery items early in 2013 Planned turnaround in 2013 is expected to be used to complete some tie ins Final completion and startup of the project would be the summer of 2015

  13. Environmental Considerations Agrium is looking at upgrades to current equipment that will minimize environmental impacts New equipment is in the scope to purify water and increase water reuse on site, thus decreasing required water intake from the river Targeting no additional emissions even though production is increasing by 20-25% There will be a significant reduction of CO2 emissions at RFO because one of the two main ingredients in Urea is CO2. The more Urea made the less CO2 emitted at RFO

  14. Community Considerations The work will be nearly invisible Some temporary trailers will be set up for the engineering and construction workers At the peak 100-150 workers will be added to the RFO site for 1-2 month period Almost all of the work will be completed within the existing foot print of the current Urea Plant Coordinate with NorthWest to minimize construction traffic impact

  15. Next Steps Communicate to and obtain feedback from all stakeholders Continue to work with Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) to obtain necessary regulatory approvals Continue engineering Obtain board approval for ordering long delivery equipment

  16. Alberta Industrial Heartland Association Community Meeting October 30, 2012

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