A subsidiary of Polish fertilizer and chemicals company Grupa Azoty SA, Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn SA, is implementing a new project to rebuild the synthesis gas compression capacities for its ammonia plant through the installation of new compressors.
The project is designed to increase the ammonia capacities while optimising production costs, and is part of Grupa Azoty’s recently-adopted new strategy for 2021-2030 (GM Nov. 5, 2021). The project is expected to be completed in the first half of 2023.
The general contractor implementing the project is Grupa Azoty Polskie Konsorcjum Chemiczne, with the total project value estimated at Pln180 million (approximately $44.7 million at current exchange rates).