Acron Group, Moscow, said on Aug. 11 it had completed the overhaul of its Urea-6 unit at its Veliky Novgorod site in northwest Russia. The so-named “Urea-6+” upgrade has increased the unit’s capacity to 730,000 mt/y from 210,000 mt/y previously (GM April 23, p. 30).
The completion of the project has taken the group’s total urea production capacity to 1.975 million mt/y, making Acron the largest urea producer in Europe, the Russian group said.
Early last month, upgrade work began on the Urea 1 to 4 units at Veliky Novgorod , which is scheduled for completion in 2024 (GM July 9, p. 1). The completion of the work will add another 390,000 mt/y of urea production capacity.
Acron in May 2020 added granular urea capability to its production portfolio, commissioning a new 700,000 mt/y urea granulation unit at the Veliky Novgorod site (GM May 22, 2020). Hitherto, the group had only produced urea that was prilled or rotoform.
The Russian group is also increasing its ammonia production capacity at the site to support the increased urea production capability, as well to support other nitrogen fertilizer expansion. It is overhauling its Ammonia-2 and Ammonia-3 units, which on completion will increase ammonia output by 375,000 mt/y. Acron puts its current total ammonia production capacity at Veliky Novgorod at 2.19 million mt/y (GM April 30, p. 32).