Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Dec. 7 inaugurated the long-awaited completion of the Gorakhpur urea complex in Uttar Pradesh. The renovated facility had been idled in 1990. Currently in startup, ammonia capacity is 2,200 mt/d and urea 3,850 mt/d (GM March 23, 2018). Natural gas is being provided by a new pipeline built by GAIL India.
The Gorakhpur plant is owned by Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. (HURL), which is owned by state-owned National Thermal Power Corp. (NTPC), Coal India Ltd. (CIL), and Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL).The project is part of the Government of India’s “Make in India” slogan, which is being used as the country aims to fully achieve domestic production of chemical fertilizers for its expanding population.