Perth-Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers has selected its coal gasification, ammonia, and urea melt and granulation technologies for the A$3.5 billion Collie urea project in Western Australia. Shell will provide the core coal gasification and gas treatment technology. Danish company Haldor Topsoe A/S will provide the ammonia synthesis technology. The single-line ammonia capacity is expected to be more than 3,500 mt/d. The Netherlands-based Stamicarbon BV will provide its Urea 2000 plusTM melt technology and fluid bed granulation technology. Urea production is expected to be 2 million mt/y. Perdaman had already signed on Korea’s Samsung Engineering and Indonesia’s Inti Karya Persada Tehnik for the engineering, procurement, and construction (GM June 15, 2009). Perdaman hopes to begin construction in 2010 and operations in 2013, with A$850 million in export earnings.
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