Helsinki, Finland — Neste Jacobs, a Finland-based technology, engineering, and project management company, has signed an agreement with Socar, Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company, to act as the project management consultant (PMC) and coordinator of third-party inspections for Socar’s greenfield ammonia/urea fertilizer complex at Sumqayit, Azerbaijan, according to a statement from Socar. “We are proud to provide our strong knowledge to Socar in this state-of-the-art and world scale fertilizer industry project,” said Jarmo Suominen, managing director of Neste Jacobs. “We understand the value of the project both for Socar and the Republic of Azerbaijan.” The complex, which is a joint undertaking by Socar and South Korea’s Samsung Engineering Co., is slated to be commissioned in 2017, and will be designed to produce 1,200 mt/d of ammonia and 2,000 mt/d of urea. Socar said the facility will meet domestic fertilizer needs and also allow some exports to Turkey through Socar’s terminal in Kulevi.
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