Baker Hughes Secures Multiple Orders to Advance Wabash Valley Resources’ Clean Ammonia Fertilizer Project
Rhea-AI Summary
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) won multiple awards to support Wabash Valley Resources’ low‑carbon ammonia project in West Terre Haute, Indiana. The plant will repurpose an existing gasification site and is expected to produce 500,000 tons of ammonia annually while capturing 1.67 million tons of CO₂ per year.
Baker Hughes will supply compression equipment, CO₂ injection pumps, and integrated well construction solutions, including two CO₂ injection wells and four monitoring wells, to support hydrogen, syngas, ammonia processing, and permanent CO₂ sequestration.
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- Planned production capacity of 500,000 tons ammonia per year
- Planned 1.67 million tons CO₂ capture annually
- Contracts include compression, CO₂ injection pumps, and well construction
- Existing gasification site being repurposed, reducing greenfield development needs
- Previous well contract booked in Q3 2025 supports storage infrastructure
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Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
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| Jan 25 | Earnings results | Positive | +4.4% | Q4 and full-year 2025 results highlighted solid revenue, orders and cash generation. |
| Jan 05 | Asset divestiture | Positive | +4.1% | Closed $1.15B sale of PSI product line to support portfolio and capital strategy. |
| Jan 05 | Peer acquisition note | Neutral | +4.1% | Crane detailed closing of PSI acquisition and scheduled its Q4 2025 earnings events. |
| Jan 02 | Joint venture | Positive | +3.5% | Closed surface pressure control JV, receiving cash proceeds and retaining minority stake. |
| Dec 29 | Earnings scheduling | Neutral | +0.3% | Announced dates and webcast details for Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings release. |
Recent Baker Hughes headlines, including earnings and portfolio actions, have generally seen positive next-day price reactions.
Over the past month, Baker Hughes reported strong Q4 and full-year 2025 results with multi-billion-dollar revenue and orders and recorded positive share-price reaction. The company also closed the divestiture of its Precision Sensors & Instrumentation line and a surface pressure control joint venture, each framed as balance-sheet strengthening and portfolio optimization, again with favorable price moves. Today’s clean ammonia project orders fit this pattern of industrial and energy-transition wins supporting the broader strategic shift toward higher-return and lower-carbon opportunities.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement highlights Baker Hughes’ role in a major U.S. clean ammonia project capable of producing 500,000 tons of ammonia and capturing 1.67 million tons of CO₂ annually. It underscores the company’s positioning across hydrogen, CO₂ separation and geological storage, complementing recent portfolio-optimization and earnings developments. Investors may focus on how such low-carbon industrial contracts contribute to backlog quality, execution risk on large infrastructure and the evolution of demand for decarbonized fertilizer and related technologies.
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- Baker Hughes to supply essential compression, integrated well construction solutions
- Plant expected to produce 500,000 tons of ammonia and capture 1.67 million tons of CO2 annually
- Project will help create a more sustainable and reliable domestic fertilizer supply in the U.S.
FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR), an energy technology company, announced Wednesday multiple awards to progress one of the first low-carbon ammonia fertilizer production plants in the United States being developed by Wabash Valley Resources (WVR). Baker Hughes will supply essential compression and integrated well construction solutions that support multiple parts of the clean ammonia value chain – from hydrogen production to CO₂ separation and permanent sequestration. The announcement was made during the 2026 Baker Hughes Annual Meeting in Florence.
The project, located in West Terre Haute, Indiana, will repurpose an existing gasification facility into a state-of-the-art clean ammonia plant. Once in operation, it will be capable of producing 500,000 tons of ammonia per year while capturing 1.67 million tons of CO₂ annually, helping create a more sustainable and reliable domestic fertilizer supply for the U.S. Corn Belt and broader agricultural market.
Under the new awards, Baker Hughes will leverage its broad portfolio to provide compression equipment for Honeywell UOP’s hydrogen purification system, along with compressors for ammonia and syngas processing under a separate contract with a different customer. Baker Hughes will also provide CO₂ injection pumps for permanent geological storage.
“Beyond energy, Baker Hughes is helping to transform essential industries such as agriculture to help them expand in a more productive and sustainable manner,” said Baker Hughes Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli. “Wabash Valley Resources’ project brings together government, technology partners, industry and global investors to realize world-class industrial innovation so that farms can provide for growing populations.”
“Baker Hughes is a critical sustainability partner for Wabash Valley Resources, providing the advanced technologies that allow us to both open new low-carbon markets and make existing agricultural supply chains more sustainable,” said Dan Williams, CEO of Wabash Valley Resources. “Their expertise in well construction, monitoring, and long-term CO₂ management enables us to deliver low-carbon ammonia at industrial scale and strengthen America’s fertilizer supply chain.”
These latest awards follow a separate well construction contract booked in the third quarter of 2025 to support the site’s long‑term CO₂ storage infrastructure. This includes constructing two CO₂ injection wells and four monitoring wells, using advanced completions systems and corrosion-resistant cement to ensure long-term integrity. Advanced monitoring technologies deployed in the wells will support regulatory compliance, environmental protection and full lifecycle CO₂ management.
About Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR) is an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet. Visit us at bakerhughes.com.
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