WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that a three-day Industrial Energy Saving Assessment will take place at the Terra Nitrogen Company, LP plant near Tulsa, Oklahoma, as part of the comprehensive national energy efficiency effort undertaken by the Bush Administration.  Through no-cost assessments, DOE is working with major manufacturing facilities to identify opportunities to save energy and money, primarily by focusing on steam and process heating systems.

 

“President Bush has called on all Americans to be more energy efficient.  Private industry is joining the federal government in taking a lead role in this effort,” Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman said.  “DOE’s Energy Saving Teams will play a key role in assessing and recommending energy efficiency strategies for some of the largest industrial facilities across the nation.”

 

Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (TNCLP) is a major U.S. producer of nitrogen fertilizer products.  TNCLP’s manufacturing facility is located just northeast of Tulsa in Verdigris, OK.  The plant has the capacity to produce 2.2 million tons annually of TerraSol®, TNCLP’s brand of urea ammonium nitrate solutions, and 1.1 million tons of anhydrous ammonia, the basic ingredient for most nitrogen fertilizers and many industrial products. Terra Nitrogen is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TNH.

 

DOE’s Energy Saving Teams have completed visits to 28 large federal facilities and are in the process of visiting 200 of the most energy-intensive manufacturing facilities in the United States as part of the national “Easy Ways to Save Energy” campaign launched by Secretary Bodman on October 3, 2005. 

 

The first six Energy Saving Assessments that DOE has conducted of private-sector facilities have identified, in aggregate, $10 million per year in energy cost savings, that  on average, will reduce total plant natural gas consumption by 6.7 percent.

 

Companies interested in accessing DOE energy saving resources can get more details at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/saveenergynow/ and request brochures detailing “15 Tips to Help Your Plant Save Energy.” 

 

For tips on easy, inexpensive steps consumers can take to lower their energy bills this winter, please visit http://www.energysavers.gov/ or call DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Hotline at 1-877-337-3463.