Pakistan: Arysta LifeScience Pakistan and Antonio Tarazona Spain have reached a distribution agreement whereby Arysta will have access to Tarazona’s NPK fertilizers from its manufacturing facility in Spain.
Bangladesh: Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corp. (BCIC) is soliciting consulting firms regarding the Shahjalal Fertilizer Project (SFP) at Fenchugang, Sylhet, East Northern Bangladesh. It is slated to produce 580,000 mt/y of granular urea and 330,000 mt/y of ammonia.
The services are required throughout the project implementation period of about 32 months, or up to acceptance of the complex as per the contract between BCIC and China National Complete Plant Import and Export Corp. Ltd. (COMPLANT). The Bangladesh government has already allocated Taka 180 million (US$ 2.19 million) for the consulting services. The bid closing date is June 27, 2012.
Earlier, BCIC had appointed COMPLANT as general contractor on a turn-key basis. BCIC has also selected KBR for carbon dioxide removal technology, a MDEA process licensed by BASF to KBR for urea process, and the Stamicarbon granulation process. BCIC is hoping the project will be completed by June 15, 2015. Basic engineering design is now underway.
In other news, Bangladesh has reportedly approached the Asian Development Bank and shown interest to join a proposed four-nation Asian gas pipeline project to buy natural gas from Turkmenistan by the end of 2017. The project has become important for Dhaka to meet its growing energy requirements.
The project among Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India (TAPI) has come into the limelight after Turkmenistan signed an agreement last week to sell natural gas to India and Pakistan (GM May 28, p. 6).