KBR Inc., Houston, announced that it has been awarded a nitric acid technology contract by Israel’s Haifa Group for two of its process plants at Mishor Rotem in Israel.
Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide license, basic engineering design, and proprietary equipment for both plants, to deliver a capacity increase of approximately 35 percent at each plant.
Haifa Group CEO Motti Levin said the two nitric acid plants are integral to Haifa’s expansion plan to double its production capacity in the coming years, and to enable production of new advanced specialty fertilizer products.
The Israeli group last December announced plans to build a 100,000 mt/y ammonia plant at Mishor Rotem (GM Dec. 31, 2020). The group estimates that 70 percent of the ammonia will be used internally and will allow it to double production capacity at the site. The ammonia project is expected to take three years to complete.