Leading fertiliser cooperative IFFCO said its subsidiary received permission from the provincial government of Quebec to set up a $ 1.6 billion urea plant. A decision in this regard was taken on March 26 by the cabinet of the Canadian province and was notified in the official newspaper of Quebec. The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Ltd (IFFCO) said in a statement: “The …
Fire may delay Borneo SAMUR project for Petronas
Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd may face hiccups in its $1.35 billion Sabah Ammonia and Urea (SAMUR) project after a vessel transporting equipment to the plant site caught fire. The petrochemicals arm of Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas said in a stock exchange filing that its wholly owned subsidiary Petronas Chemicals Fertiliser Sabah Sdn Bhd had been notified by its …
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions awarded AN/CAN granulation plant
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions awarded follow-up contract – start-up planned for fall 2016 The Hungarian fertilizer manufacturer Nitrogénmüvek Zrt. is extending its cooperation with plant engineering specialist ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions. A granulation plant with a capacity of 1,550 tons per year of ammonium nitrate (AN) or 1,960 tons per year of calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) is to start operation in Pétfürdö, …
SNC-Lavalin sulphuric acid project in Saudi-Arabia
SNC-Lavalin, in consortium with Sinopec Engineering Group (SEG), has signed a contract with Ma’aden in Saudi Arabia to provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up services for a three-line 15,150-metric-tonne-per-day sulphuric acid plant. Also included in the agreement are two 75-MW power plants that will recover heat generated by the acid plant operations. The total value of the contract is …
Maire Tecnimont strengthens its presence in North America’s fertilizer industry
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that several contracts have been awarded through its subsidiaries Tecnimont S.p.A., KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. and Stamicarbon BV for a total amount of approximately €45 million for Licensing, Technology Packages, Procurement and Engineering services. These awards, related to the core business of oil & gas, petrochemicals and fertilizers, have been granted in Europe, North and Central America …
Startup-, revamp, operator- and engineer training for the fertilizer industry (urea and ammonia)
Training for Startups, revamps or operations, especially for operators, engineers, technical staff and managers? Fertilizer Recruitment is currently investigating the possibility to deliver specialized training services for the fertilizer industry (especially urea and ammonia). The last couple of years many clients asked us if our resources (specialists, managers and board members) services , recruitment and interim-management, could be expanded with specialized …
KBR to provide Purifier(TM) technology for two Russian ammonia plants
KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, announced today that Eurochem will use KBR’s Purifier(TM) technology licensed through Tecnimont S.p.A., in the design of two new ammonia plants located at Kingisepp near St. Petersburg and Nevinnomyssk in southern Russia. “Eurochem selected KBR’s Purifier ammonia processing technology because it is more reliable and has lower energy consumption than competing …
Ureaknowhow: Improving Safety, Reliability and Performance of Urea Plants
On Monday February 24th 2014 from 09.00 till 17.00 there will be a pre-conference workshop organized and executed by Ureaknowhow Nitrogen + Syngas is the industry’s leading technical event where global companies announce new technological developments and discuss improvements in operating procedures. Held annually, last year’s conference attracted over 600 international delegates from 50+ countries to share best practice and …
Gemaco S.A. – corrosion resistant stainless steels to improve reliability in Urea & Nitric Acid Plants
Mr. Jean-Marc Sluyters from Gemaco S.A. has presented a Technical Paper and presentation during the Nitrogen+Syngas 2013 about using corrosion resistant stainless steels to improve reliability in Urea & Nitric Acid Plants. “Urea and Nitric Acid Plants are prone to various corrosion phenomena depending on the process, the concentration, the temperature, the composition of the gas itself, etc. We should consider …
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