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Argus Clean Ammonia North America Conference

Houston, Texas, US
April 28-30, 2025
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Agenda

Join our industry experts as they cover an array of topics highlighting major challenges and opportunities in the sector.

Interested in speaking? Reach out below:

Matilda Wall
+44 20 4570 3543
matilda.wall@argusmedia.com

28 April 2025

Welcome drinks reception and registration open

16:00 - 18:00

Welcome drinks reception

The Argus Clean Ammonia North America Conference welcome drinks reception for ice-breaker networking opportunity.

29 April 2025

Day 1 Main conference

08:00

Registration open

08:00 - 09:15

Executive roundtable (invite-only)

08:00 - 09:15

Carbon 101: What’s the difference between insetting and offsetting?

  • Monetisation pathways: What is a carbon credit? What is an offsetting project?
  • Insetting models: What do these models look like in the agriculture space? How could these change as ammonia buyers shift from current to new market applications? 
  • What do these models mean for suppliers of low-carbon products and buyers? 

Morning sessions

09:30 - 09:35

Argus welcome

Speakers Include:

Oliver Hatfield, VP, Sustainable Fertilizers, Business Development, Argus

Oliver Hatfield

VP Fertilizers
Argus
09:35 - 09:55

Keynote address. US National Clean Hydrogen Strategy Perspective

09:55 - 10:10

State view, Texas: How has the state continued to support development of clean ammonia projects?

10:10 - 11:00

Keynote Panel: What are the implications of the November US elections?

  • Pent-up demand. What’s happened to the Inflation Reduction Act? 
  • What does this mean for clean ammonia?
  • What clarity has there been for projects and industry hubs?  Hub funding dwarfed by production tax credits in 2024 — will this change in 2025? 

Speakers Include:

Perry Babb

President and Founder
KeyState Energy
11:00 - 11:30

View from Argus: Quantifying the willingness to pay for different kinds of clean ammonia

  • In detail: What do global regulatory changes mean for green and blue ammonia projects in the US and Canada? 
  • How valuable and important will low-carbon ammonia be, and how does it compare with other low-carbon fuels? 
  • How are alternative markets for offtake developing — mobility, transportation.

Speakers Include:

Joyce Grigorey

Hydrogen Principle, Consulting
Argus
11:30 - 11:50

Networking coffee break

Morning sessions continued...

11:50 - 12:10

Prospect of blue ammonia in Europe: What premium are customers willing to pay?

  • Clarity on the definition for blue ammonia in Europe: Will blue ammonia producers be able to market their products in Europe?
  • Incumbent customers and newer ones: How are they looking at blue ammonia to start their decarbonisation journey? 
  • What would the European market be willing to pay? How will CBAM be factored in?
12:10 - 12:45

Northeast Asia first tender and Contract for Difference (CFD) scheme launches: What next?

  • How is the first CFD scheme in Japan going? Results from the Clean Hydrogen Portfolio Standard (CHPS) scheme in South Korea.
  • Will northeast Asia still be of interest to North America? 
  • What are market participants in northeast Asia looking for in prospective projects as co-developers and investors in North America? 

Networking lunch

12:45 - 14:00

Networking lunch break

13:15 - 13:45

Women in clean ammonia: How to maximise women’s contribution on such a cornerstone issue

Speakers Include:

Linda Thrasher

Co-Founder and Chair, Board of Managers
Greenfield Nitrogen

Ruth Sharpe

Editor - Ammonia
Argus

Afternoon sessions

14:00 - 14:40

Blue ammonia market momentum in North America: What will be the next big blue ammonia project final investment decision?

  • Visibility on blue ammonia project development: What are the most realistic projects?
  • Significant deal developments and investments: A positive signal for the market, but what do financing changes really mean?
  • What consolidation has the market seen in projects for hydrogen and ammonia?

Moderator:

Ruth Sharpe

Editor - Ammonia
Argus
14:40 - 15:10

Green ammonia projects: Can renewable ammonia projects compete with blue ammonia for the Asian and European markets or not?

  • Economics of green ammonia; inflation and value chain bottlenecks are getting better — will prices come down? 
  • How to manage risk on first of a kind projects.
  • What is ‘green’s’ place in domestic vs export markets?

Speakers Include:

Oleksiy Tatarenko

Senior Principal, Climate-Aligned Industries
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)

Alejandro Perellón

Head of Americas
Hy24
15:10 - 15:30

Green technology developments by Ceres

Speakers Include:

Steve Weber

Business Development Director, North America
Ceres
15:30 - 16:00

How to achieve takeoff? Technology’s role in blue vs green ammonia projects.

Understanding project dynamics, financing and technology approaches.

  • Showing the industry the economics of projects work.
  • How comfortable are developers with blue technologies vs green? 
  • How much does the technology difference matter in overall project economics? (Renewables, electrolysers, Haber Bosch.)

Speakers Include:

Jacob Grose

CEO
Copernic Catalysts

Jose Quevedo

Principal Consultant, Hydrogen & Low Carbon Fuels
DNV
16:00 - 16:20

Networking break

16:20 - 16:50

Carbon capture and sequestration: Technical, regulatory perspectives on making low-carbon ammonia a reality

  • CO2 pipelines and sequestration hubs; CO2 permitting difficulties — a strategic move? 
  • Midstream pipeline development and assets. 

Speakers Include:

Pedram Fanailoo

Director, Low Carbon Segment - North America
DNV Energy
16:50 - 17:30

Value chain perspectives: Methane emissions from natural gas and why it is important to factor in

  • How to achieve clear methodology on emissions for natural gas. 
  • Do North American standards fit with EU regulations and requirements? How do they differ? 
  • What are the implications for blue ammonia producers on product travelling to Europe when it comes to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)? 

Speakers Include:

Michael Rabbani

Director, Standards and Certification
MiQ

Kayla Ball

Director, Digital Solutions
UT Austin

Nick Kapur

Vice President, Energy Transition
Argus

Main networking drinks reception

17:30 - 19:00

Main networking drinks reception

30 April 2025

Day 2 Main conference

08:00

Registration open

08:00 - 09:15

Hydrogen briefing: How does ammonia compare with liquid hydrogen?

  • What is ammonia’s advantage over hydrogen: Clean ammonia is a tradeable product — a twist on the current market. 
  • Does it make sense to import ammonia to Europe and crack it, or to just produce hydrogen in Europe?
  • Using energy at the point of production in the form of hydrogen vs transporting in the form of ammonia. 
  • Is the hype for hydrogen winding down? Is clean ammonia’s moment here? 

Morning sessions

09:30 - 09:35

Chairperson’s opening remarks

Speakers Include:

Paul Belin

Principal, Consulting & Analytics
Argus
09:35 - 10:05

Role of public utilities and IPPs: How to accommodate higher loads for projects requiring clean energy in the energy transition

  • Renewables, low carbon energy: Cost and availability beginning to increase, with large demand emerging from data centres and large power activities. With a limited amount of capacity, who will get the resource? 
  • Could grid capacity limits directly affect blue and green ammonia projects? 
  • When will data centres peak? Will this trend continue to grow?

Speakers Include:

Raj Bazaj

Vice President, Sustainability Solutions
Constellation

Maksim Sonin

Fellow
Stanford University 
10:05 - 10:40

Low-carbon fertilizers for food production, as well as ethanol production

  • Do oilseed and corn farmers, and fertilizer producers, see a way of monetising lower carbon intensity ammonia? 
  • How is 45Z incentivising the ethanol industry to purchase low-carbon corn and ammonia? 
  • How to manage scope 3 emissions.

Speakers Include:

Linda Thrasher

Co-Founder and Chair, Board of Managers
Greenfield Nitrogen

Jakob Krummenacher

VP of Clean Energy
LSB Industries
Oliver Hatfield, VP, Sustainable Fertilizers, Business Development, Argus

Oliver Hatfield

VP Fertilizers
Argus
10:40 - 11:20

Offtake market: Marine fuels — what has clarity, what has been gained in 2025 and where to next?

  • How is the potential use of ammonia as a marine fuel developing? What factors have contributed to this — engine developments, demonstrations and more. 
  • MEPC IMO: What effects are regulations for greenhouse gas reductions having on the global shipping industry? 
  • Tugboat case study: What has been learned? 

Speakers Include:

Maciek Lukawski

Chief Strategy Officer
Amogy

Randy Giveans

EVP - Investor Relations & Business Development
Navigator Gas

David Baker

Director, Commercial - Offshore and Global Lightering
AET

Captain Anand Dubey

Vice President
NYK Group Americas
11:20 - 11:50

Networking break

11:50 - 12:10

Sharing know-how in the ammonia sector to enable a safe energy transition

  • Public acceptance in North America — what more needs to be done? 
  • Safety know-how of the ammonia industry — dispelling fears. 
  • Maritime sector: Refuelling vessels with ammonia — what safety and engineering precautions are needed to make it happen? 
12:10 - 12:40

Infrastructure developments in ports around North America

  • US Gulf Coast experience and expertise with handling ammonia: What’s already there and what more needs to be developed? 
  • East coast challenges with ammonia storage: Where will storage be? What more is needed for port operators? 
  • Which regions are building out their ammonia capacity to serve different markets? 

Speakers Include:

Yosuke Kuroki

Senior Manager, Energy Group
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas

Daniel Wesp

Manager, Global Gas Solutions
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Ruth Sharpe

Editor - Ammonia
Argus
12:40 - 13:00

Value chain perspectives. Transfer solutions for ammonia: Latest innovations for offshore storage

  • Why are these technology innovations important for the development of infrastructure for clean ammonia adoption in the energy transition?
  • What role could offshore play in alleviating the challenge of transporting liquid ammonia from onshore to remote, offshore tankers? 
  • How could this unlock solutions for the marine fuel sector in the adoption of ammonia as a low-carbon fuel? 
 

Speakers Include:

Alejandro Molano

Manager, Americas
Louis Dreyfus Armateur
13:00

Chairperson’s closing remarks

Speakers Include:

Paul Belin

Principal, Consulting & Analytics
Argus

Networking lunch

13:00 - 14:00

Networking lunch