Latin America
27 May 2026
Guyana lines up global EPC field for Wales fertilizer plant
Written by Natalie Noor-Drugan
Guyana has attracted a mix of Chinese, US, Indian, European and local engineering groups to bid for the Guyana Ammonia and Urea Plant (GAUP), a 300,000 t/y fertilizer project planned at Wales, a former sugar‑estate site on the West Bank Demerara now being developed as the country’s gas‑to‑energy hub. The plant, costed at up to $300 million, is intended to use gas from the under‑construction Wales pipeline and power complex to reduce fertilizer costs for Guyana, northern Brazil and Caribbean markets and to deepen local value addition to the country’s offshore hydrocarbons.
Ten bidders have lodged proposals under a public–private partnership model to design, build and operate the fertilizer complex, which will rely on up to 20 million cubic feet per day of gas from Phase II of the Wales development. Officials say the winning contractor will also be required to secure a world‑class technology licensor for the fertilizer plant, underlining Guyana’s ambition to anchor a modern nitrogen industry at Wales and open up regional export opportunities in ammonia and urea.
