Tokyo-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), jointly with Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. of Korea, has received an order for a large-scale fertilizer complex to be constructed in Algeria. The order was placed by Algeria Oman Fertilizer Co. (El Djazairia El Omania Lil Asmida SPA), a joint venture between the Suhail Bahwan Group Holding LLC of Oman and Sonatrach, an Algerian government-owned company formed to exploit the country’s hydrocarbon resources. The plant on order will mark the world’s largest facility to be delivered in a single phase, with a total construction cost of approximately $2.4 billion dollars. The plant is slated to go on-stream in mid-2012. The fertilizer production complex will be built in the Arzew industrial zone near Oran, the second largest city in Algeria, on the Mediterranean coast. It will initially produce ammonia from natural gas, and almost all ammonia output will be converted to urea for producing granular urea. The complex will consist of two 2,000 mt/d ammonia production plants, two 3,500 mt/d urea production and granulation plants, and supporting facilities. The plants will adopt process technologies from Haldor Topsoe A/S of Denmark for ammonia, Snamprogetti S.p.A. of Italy for urea, and Uhde Fertilizer Technology B.V. of the Netherlands for granulation. MHI, as leader of the consortium, will be responsible for basic and detailed design work, equipment procurement, and dispatch of technical advisors for erection and test operation. Daewoo, the consortium partner, will take charge of the construction work.
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