Sittard, The Netherlands—Stamicarbon, the Licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A., has signed License and Process Design and Services agreements with China Chengda Engineering Co. (CHENGDA) and China National Plant Import & Export Corp. (COMPLANT) for a urea melt and urea granulation plant for the Shahjalal Fertilizer Project (SFP) in Bangladesh. The project has been planned for more than 10 years, but only recently the Bangladesh government decided to engage in the project with the support of the Chinese government. The plant will be operated by BCIC as a representative from the Bangladeshi government, but will mainly be financed by the Chinese government. It will be located adjacent to the existing Natural Gas Fertilizer Factory Ltd. (NGFF) at Fenchuganj, Sylhet, Bangladesh. The urea plant synthesis and granulation will have a capacity of 1760 mt/d. The urea plant will use Stamicarbon’s Urea2000Plus™ Technology, while the granulation plant will use Stamicarbon’s Fluid Bed Granulation technology. The start-up is planned in 2015. Stamicarbon will deliver the Process Design Package, the training, (pre)-commissioning, and start-up services. CHENGDA is responsible for the basic and detailed engineering, plus procurement. COMPLANT is responsible for the construction and commissioning, although partly executed by CHENGDA. This will be the third urea plant in Bangladesh using Stamicarbon’s technologies. Earlier plants were built for Karnaphuli Fertilizers (KAFCO) and Ashunganj Fertilizer & Chemical Co.
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