Baker Hughes to supply compression and power equipment for world’s largest low-carbon ammonia plant

A rendering of the Blue Point Number One project in Louisiana, which is expected to produce 1.4 million tons annually and capture 2.3 million tons of CO₂ per year.

Baker Hughes has secured an award from Technip Energies to provide a steam turbine generator and critical centrifugal compression equipment for the Blue Point Number One Ammonia Project in Modeste, Louisiana. The order, booked in the third quarter of 2025, marks another major milestone in the development of what is expected to be the world’s largest low-carbon ammonia facility.

The Blue Point Number One project is a joint venture between CF Industries, Mitsui & Co., and JERA. Once operational, it will have an annual nameplate capacity of approximately 1.4 million metric tons of ammonia. The plant will employ an autothermal reforming (ATR) process coupled with an integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) system designed to sequester up to 2.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year.

Under the contract, Baker Hughes will supply a suite of compressors — including ammonia, syngas, recycle, and CO₂ compressors — as well as a steam turbine-driven BRUSH Power Generation generator. The CO₂ compressor will enable captured carbon to be transported via pipeline for permanent geological storage.

“Ammonia, as a lower-carbon energy source, is poised to play a pivotal role in enabling and accelerating global sustainable energy development,” said Alessandro Bresciani, senior vice president of Energy Equipment at Baker Hughes. “As ammonia expands from agricultural and chemical use to a global commodity for energy, we are proud to support the scaling of it with our proven technology solutions for one of the world’s largest low-carbon ammonia projects.”

Ammonia is increasingly recognized as a key low-carbon energy carrier with potential applications in hard-to-abate sectors such as power generation, shipping, and agriculture. Baker Hughes’ technologies are designed to meet the demanding specifications of these large-scale, integrated energy projects, providing both performance and emissions reductions.

The Blue Point Number One facility will be built at CF Industries’ existing Blue Point Complex in Louisiana. The project’s CCS system will permanently store captured CO₂ in a Class VI well permitted for deep geological sequestration. Construction of the ammonia production facility is expected to begin in 2026, with low-carbon ammonia production scheduled to start in 2029.