The planned joint venture will be owned 50% by Yara and 50% by the Libyan party (National Oil Corporation and Libyan Investment Authority) and includes the ammonia and urea plants located at Marsa El Brega in Libya, presently owned by NOC.

It is planned that the newly formed joint venture will commence the operation of the plants during the month of September 2008.

This partnership agreement signed this week covers upgrading of the existing production facilities at Marsa El Brega in Libya, and to study the feasibility of adding new world class fertilizer plants.

The existing operations currently produce approximately 700,000 tones of ammonia per year, of which approximately 150,000 tones are available for sale, and 900,000 tones of urea.