Algeria's Sonatrach and the Algerian Fertilizers Company (AFC) on 12 August signed engineering, procurement and construction contracts with Italy's Saipem and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the first phase of the country's Integrated Phosphate Project (PPI).
L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Onshore has won a “significant” EPC contract from Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Ltd (BCGCL) for a coal to ammonium nitrate complex in Odisha, India, with Casale now confirming its role as ammonia technology provider on the same project. L&T will deliver the lump sum turnkey Package 3 ammonia synthesis unit, while […]
QatarEnergy has agreed a 15-year urea supply contract with Koch Fertilizer, covering up to 740,000 t/y of Qatari-origin product from July 2024 into the US and other export markets.
Topsoe has signed a FEED agreement for Hynfra’s green ammonia project located in the port of Aqaba, Jordan. The FEED is the detailed engineering and design of the plant, and Topsoe’s ammonia synthesis technology will be part of this design. The plant will convert green hydrogen to ammonia based on Topsoe’s ModuLite™ platform. Kim Hedegaard, CEO […]
Worley has been awarded a five-year engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract by Energinet Brint A/S to support Phase 1 of the Danish Hydrogen Backbone pipeline. Danish Hydrogen Backbone 1 will establish a national hydrogen transmission network for Denmark, linking large scale green hydrogen production from wind and solar to Germany and wider European markets, supporting Europe’s energy supply.
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals (GNFC) has announced a contract award worth approximately $40 million to Toyo Engineering India Pvt Ltd for the supply of a second ammonium nitrate on an LEPC (Lump Sum Engineering, Procurement and Construction) basis. The plant will have a capacity of 480 t/d (160,000 t/a), and is projected to be built over a 20 month project timescale. The project received board approval during GNFC’s most recent board meeting. Toyo Engineering India has established a strategic tie-up with Spain’s INCRO SA for the technology license and supply of process knowhow. The new ammonium nitrate plant represents a substantial expansion for GNFC, with the company stating that this installation will enhance their capacity by 94%. GNFC says that it will better position the company to serve India’s growing demand for AN, while leveraging advanced international technology through the Toyo-INCRO partnership.
Dangote Fertilizer, Africa’s leading fertilizer producer, has awarded contracts to several major companies for the provision of licenses and technical expertise for the development of two new planned ammonia-urea complexes, one in Nigeria and the other in Ethiopia, as well as the provision of basic engineering and design services for the related plants.
NextChem, via its nitrogen technology licensor Stamicarbon, has been awarded a licensing, process design package (PDP), and proprietary equipment supply contract based on its proprietary NX STAMI Urea™ technology, for a new urea plant in Eastern China by what NextChem describes as “a prominent fertilizer producer”.
Metso wins major order for delivery of engineering and key process equipment for new primary copper smelter investment in Asia
India’s Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) has won a $225.5 million contract from the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for setting up a new gas sweetening and sulphur recovery facility at West Kuwait oilfields. The project, to be developed on a build-own-operate basis with a buyback option for KOC, includes design, construction, operation and maintenance. It will be completed in two years, followed by a five-year operation and maintenance phase.