Good Alaska location goes bad for AgriumNikiski fertilizer plant location’s advantages are overshadowed by iffy Cook Inlet gas supply, company says Steve Sutherlin Petroleum News Associate Editor
In many ways, Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula is a wonderful place for Agrium Inc. to have a nitrogen fertilizer plant, except for one glaring and perhaps fatal weakness — there doesn’t seem to be enough natural gas around to feed the thing.
The plant is scheduled to close in November for lack of gas. The....
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