Agrium Inc.’s Carseland, Alberta, nitrogen plant is expected to be down for about eight weeks for repairs. It was down earlier this year for two-three weeks.
The complex went down Feb. 20 due to a problem with a high pressure heat exchanger in the urea unit. While this would have taken only about three weeks to repair, Agrium is opting to move forward a planned six week Carseland turnaround for July-August to coincide with the current outage. As a result, the facility may be down for up to eight weeks.