
Developments in phosphate markets
Tight supply limits availability as China maintains export restrictions.
Tight supply limits availability as China maintains export restrictions.
Spetco’s contract with the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) to install depletion compression systems and sulphur recovery units (SRUs) is said to be awaiting final approval. The $460 million project will upgrade two key facilities in North Kuwait, and Spetco says that it expects project execution will start quickly after final approval. The project involves installing new units at the Early Production Facility 50 (EPF-50) and Jurassic Production Facility 3 (JPF-3) using uses a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) contract model. The contract was originally tendered in 2023, but scope changes meant that the deadline has been extended several times.
Maire Group says that its NextChem (Sustainable Technology Solutions) subsidiary has been awarded a three-year contract by Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical (SATORP) – a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and TotalEnergies – to provide engineering and technology services related to the sulphur recovery complex of SATORP’s refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. NextChem will provide process and engineering advisory services to enhance performance, support operational troubleshooting, and improve energy efficiency and the carbon footprint of the three units (sulphur recovery unit, amine regeneration unit and sour water stripper) which comprise the sulphur recovery complex. The services will also include recommendations for capital investment opportunities, design enhancements, and technology improvements.
Rapidly increasing lithium production is projected to require several million t/a of sulphuric acid in the next few years, with China, the USA and Australia the main consumers.
AM Green has selected Casale as its technology partner for India’s largest under-development green ammonia complex in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.
ATOME has secured a non-binding agreement from Hy24 to invest $100-115 million in its flagship Villeta green fertiliser project in Paraguay.
Casale’s technologies are transforming hydropower into green fertilizers for ATOME’s Villeta project in Paraguay.
Hulunbeier New Gold Chemical Co has selected Stamicarbon to revamp a urea plant in Hulunbuir, northeastern Inner Mongolia.
MOPCO has selected thyssenkrupp Uhde to supply advanced technology for its Damietta ammonia-urea complex in Egypt.
Fertilizer International presents a global round-up of phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and finished phosphates projects.