Tag: Ammonia
Storing renewable energy as ammonia
It’s currently impossible to store large quantities of energy produced by wind and solar power. In the Netherlands in times of over-supply the energy is sold off cheaply; in times of need gas-powered plants must make up the deficit.
Kyrgyzstan: nitrogen fertilizer plant
Kyrgyzstan's Agri-culture, Water, and Processing Industry Ministry and China's CITIC International Cooperation Co. plan to build a nitrogen fertilizer plant in southern Kyrgyzstan.
Australian ammonia plant (2/4)
Burrup Fertilizers Pty Ltd has awarded a USD 300 million contract to Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Inc.'s Australian subsidiary SNC-Lavalin (SA) Inc.
Ammonia plant bids
Chilean explosives company Enaex could call for bids in March 2003 for the construction of a USD 120–130 million ammonia plant at Mejillones in Chile's Region II, Enaex CEO Camilo Sandoval has said.
Oman fertiliser
Uhde GmbH has signed a letter of appointment with Sohar International Urea & Chemical Industries in Muscat, Oman, to build a turn-key large-scale fertiliser complex on the east coast of the Arabian peninsula.
CB&I win Chinese contract
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company NV has won a contract from Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex for a low-temperature liquids storage facility in the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park in Caojing, China.
Lukoil to build oil terminal in Leningrad region
Russian oil major Lukoil is to invest USD 150 million in the construction of an oil product terminal in the port of Vysotsk (Leningrad region), Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov said.
Giant ammonia/urea complex in Oman
Technip-Coflexip, in a 50/50 joint venture with Snamprogetti, has just signed, with Oman-India Fertilizer Company (OMIFCO), a lump-sum turn-key contract worth about USD 770 million for the design and construction of a fertiliser complex in Oman.
Fertiliser complex for Turkmenistan
Gap Insaat of Turkmenistan, a subsidiary of Calik Holding of Istanbul, Turkey, has commissioned Krupp Uhde with the design and construction of a natural gas-based fertiliser complex comprising an ammonia plant and an urea plant.
World’s largest fertiliser complex
Qatar Petroleum Corporation (Doha, Qatar) and Norsk Hydro ASA (Oslo, Norway)have approved construction of the USD 535 million Urea Unit and awarded Krupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) the contract to construct a massive urea unit in Messaieed, Qatar called "Qafco IV".
