Houston — IHI E&C International Corp., a unit of Japan’s IHI Corp., said Jan. 17, that it has been selected by Dakota Gasification Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Basin Electric Power Cooperative of Bismarck, N.D., to perform a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study for a 1,100 – 2,200 st/d urea plant at its facility near Beulah, N.D. Gary Loop , senior vice president and chief operating officer at DGC, said this project is part of an ongoing philosophy of developing and marketing co-products from the gasification process as a hedge against the volatility of natural gas prices. "Developing urea is another aspect of continuing this philosophy," he said. "Our forecasts show there’s an increasing demand for the use of urea by farmers in the region, and we can easily add urea to our list of co-products that benefits the agricultural community." IHI E&C President Glyn Rodgers said, "We are extremely pleased with this urea project award and look forward to working again with Dakota Gasification Company. This project award reinforces our emphasis on delivering a quality product." Dakota Gas currently owns and operates a coal gasification facility at the same location where ammonia and carbon dioxide – raw materials for urea – are produced, in addition to other products. The FEED phase of the project will start immediately, and is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2013.
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