The fertilizer is produced from natural gas. Unocal Agricultural Products operates three fertilizer plants at Finley, but its main product is ammonium nitrate fertilizer. The company also makes urea at a plant in Kenai, Alaska. Urea is manufactured in a dry, granular form and can be shipped in bulk or in bags. It is easy to handle and nonhazardous, and is the preferred form for shipping nitrogen fertilizer overseas.
Ammonia is a byproduct of the urea manufacturing process.
Stanford Chemical will in turn sell the ammonia, which has a variety of industrial uses. The manufacturing process creates two products, both of which are usable for commercial industry. There are no disposable waste products, which makes us real environmentally friendly. After construction, the plant is expected to hire 100 permanent workers. Morris said as many of those jobs as possible will be filled by local residents.