Profile: Medicine Hat Nitrogen Complex

  • Canada’s largest nitrogen fertilizer complex, with annual production of approximately 1.1 million tons of ammonia (including amounts upgraded into urea) and 800,000 tons of granular urea.
  • Includes two ammonia plants and one urea plant.
  • Located on 160-acre site near Medicine Hat, Alberta (population: 60,000).
  • Employs approximately 160 CF Industries (Canadian Fertilizers Limited) employees, as well as 30 contract employees.
  • Uses approximately 120,000 mmBTU of natural gas daily at capacity.