MEScon welcomes you to Abu Dhabi
The Middle East’s premier event for the sulphur global industry, MEScon 2025, returns to the Conrad Abu Dhabi, Etihad Towers from 19 to 22 May 2025.
Section: Features
Fertilizer financial scorecard – price falls hit earnings
We compare and contrast the 2024 financial performance of selected major fertilizer producers following the publication of fourth quarter results.
Ammonia terminals for the energy transition
To cope with higher demand for green and blue ammonia, new ammonia terminals will be required and must be designed with respect to social and environmental challenges, as well as local permitting regulations and safety requirements. Saipem has developed a wide range of solutions to tackle those challenges and requirements by offering large-scale liquid ammonia storage and import/export terminal facilities supported on gravity based structures.
Serra do Salitre ramps up
CRU’s Humphrey Knight visits EuroChem’s newly opened Serra do Salitre phosphate fertilizer complex in southern Brazil.
CBAM – Europe’s low-carbon leap
In this CRU Insight, Halima Abu Ali and Charlie Stephen look at what changes to the EU’s carbon taxation regime will mean for the fertilizer industry.
How to revamp a urea plant
Revamps are performed to deliver production improvements at existing urea plants.
A sulphuric acid pump for high-temperature applications
Rheinhütte Pumpen has further developed its GVRN sulphuric acid pump so it can also be used in high-temperature applications such as in heat recovery systems.
Next generation filtration for liquid sulphur
The Self-Cleaning Liquid Sulphur Candle Filter (LSCF) is setting a new benchmark in liquid sulphur filtration. With its innovative candle arrangement and advanced back-flushing technology, it enhances filtration rates significantly and minimises downtime for cake discharge. Jan Hermans of Sulphurnet explores the LSCF design, process parameters, and operational advantages.
The pros and cons of SRU extended downtime
Wood presents the pros and cons of leaving a refinery SRU on hot standby versus long-term idle taking into consideration reliability, safety, and operations responsibilities during extended downtime.
Detecting and preventing SO2 breakthrough
Fluor discusses the main causes, detection techniques, management methods and prevention procedures of SO2 breakthrough in the quench water system of a TGTU, with some unique design features for Fluor’s Desuperheater Contact Condenser.