Polish energy group Orlen SA (formerly PKN Orlen SA) is nearing the completion of fertilizer subsidiary Anwil SA’s new nitrogen fertilizer plant in Włocławek in Central Poland. The company said the facility is 97% complete, according to a Polish Press Agency (PAP) report citing a company statement.
When completed the new facility will increase Anwil’s fertilizer production capacity by about 50%, to 1,461,000 mt/y, adding four additional products to its portfolio, including ammonium nitrate (AN), ammonium sulfate nitrate, AN with sulfur, and CAN with magnesium.
The plant was approximately 92% complete by October 2022, and the producer was targeting an end-July 2023 commissioning of the new facility (GM Oct. 28, 2022). Orlen acquired full control of Anwil in 2012
Orlen early this month signed a cooperation and non-disclosure agreement with Poland’s other large fertilizer group, Tarnów-based Grupa Azoty SA, for the potential acquisition of Azoty subsidiary Zakłady Azotowe Puławy (GM June 9, p. 1). The Puławy unit’s produces AN, urea, caprolactam, and melamine, and is the Azoty group’s most profitable entity.