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    Nitrogen+Syngas 383 May-Jun 2023

    31 May 2023

    Nitrogen project listing 2023

    PROJECT LISTING

    Nitrogen project listing 2023

    Nitrogen+Syngas’s annual listing of new ammonia, urea, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plants.

    KEY

    BE: Basic engineering

    C: Completed/commissioning

    CA: Contract awarded

    DE: Design engineering

    FS: Feasibility study

    n.a.: Information not available

    P: Planned/proposed

    RE: Revamp

    UC: Under construction

    Conversion:

    1 t/d of hydrogen = 464 Nm/h

    1 t/d of natural gas = 1,400 Nm/d 3 3

    KEY

    BE: Basic engineering

    C: Completed/commissioning

    CA: Contract awarded

    DE: Design engineering

    FS: Feasibility study

    n.a.: Information not available

    P: Planned/proposed

    RE: Revamp

    UC: Under construction

    Conversion:

    1 t/d of hydrogen = 464 Nm/h

    1 t/d of natural gas = 1,400 Nm/d 3 3

    Pictured, right: Delivery of a Stamicarbon pool reactor for the Gemlik urea plant, under construction in Turkey.
    PHOTO: BELLELI ENERGY

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