Polish fertilizer and chemicals producer Grupa Azoty SA reported an overheating incident in the boiler system at the ammonia plant of its Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn S.A. subsidiary on Sept. 5, which led to the prompt shutdown of the facility.
As a result, production of fertilizers, nitric acid, UAN, urea, and OXO alcohols were temporarily halted at Kędzierzyn. As of Sept. 6, the ammonia unit was in the final phase of the cooldown procedure, and an inspection of the interior was in progress, Azoty said in a Sept. 6 statement.
The Polish group said the precise duration of the repair work can be determined once the required scope of work is fully established. The Kędzierzyn ammonia plant has production capacity of around 0.5 million mt/y, according to the Green Markets database.