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Nitrogen+Syngas 394 Mar-Apr 2025

New contracts for Stamicarbon


CANADA

New contracts for Stamicarbon

Maire Group says that its nitrogen fertilizer technology licensor Stamicarbon has been awarded new contracts related to its NX STAMI UreaTM technology in Canada. The first award is a process design package and the licensing of an integrated urea and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) production plant currently being developed by Genesis Fertilizers, a farmer-owned consortium, at Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan. The plant will have a urea melt capacity of 2,500 t/d, with operations expected to begin by 2029. Also thanks to a carbon capture and sequestration unit, it will be the first proposed low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer plant in Canada. Stamicarbon will apply its proprietary flash urea melt technology to enhance operational efficiency and reliability while minimising process steam consumption. The plant will also include a DEF facility with a production capacity of 1,500 t/d.

The second award is for the supply of a replacement high-pressure urea stripper to Nutrien’s Fort Saskatchewan Nitrogen Operations in Alberta, esigned to enhance operational efficiency while minimising downtime and ensuring longterm reliability.

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