Pakistan’s Descon Engineering has won a four-year term contract from Qatar Fertiliser Co. (Qafco) to undertake the turnaround of its six ammonia and urea plants at Mesaieed, Qatar.
According to the Lahore-based engineering firm, this is the first time Qafco has awarded the turnaround contract for all six plants to a single contractor.
The estimated man hours for the first turnaround are 222,000, Descon said on its website. It has not disclosed the value of the contract.
Qafco’s six ammonia and urea plants have total production capacity of 3.8 million mt/y for ammonia and 5.6 million mt/y for urea, according to the producer’s website. The company also operates four granular urea units with a combined capacity of 12,900 mt/d. Qafco also operates two urea formaldehyde (UFC) units, as well as a melamine plant at Mesaieed.