Acron Group has completed a RUB1.2 billion (approximately $14.7 million at current exchange rates) overhaul of the ammonia unit at its Dorogobuzh subsidiary in Russia’s Smolensk region.
The project has increased the plant’s design output to 2,250 mt/day from 2,100 mt/day, while reducing gas consumption by 20 m3 per mt of ammonia. The upgraded facility will now have the capability to produce up to 800,000 mt/y of ammonia, the group said on April 24.
Dorogobuzh’s ammonia unit was commissioned in 1979 and underwent a major upgrade in 2019, increasing daily output from 1,740 mt to 2,100 mt.