Global engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction company Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan., reported on June 21 that it has completed the key front-end engineering design (FEED) work and cost guidance for Koch Fertilizer’s $90 million upgrade to its Beatrice, Neb., nitrogen plant (GM Nov. 13, 2020).
Koch plans to expand UAN capacity 75,000 st/y at the site. Black & Veatch said the plant improvements are to be completed this fall and build on other recent enhancements, including increasing ammonia loading capacity.
The Beatrice plant received Energy Star certification from the U.S. EPA in 2019 and 2002, signifying that the site performs in the top 25 percent of similar fertilizer manufacturing facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets EPA energy efficiency performance levels.