Técnicas Reunidas SA, a Madrid, Spain-based general contractor, reported it has been selected by KazAzot JSC through a front-end engineering design/open book estimation (FFED/OBE) contract for the Kazak company’s ammonia and ammonium nitrate (AN) new nitrogen fertilizer complex at the Caspian Sea port of Aktau.
The initial FEED/OBE contract will be followed by an agreement for the construction of the plant by Técnicas Reunidas through an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract once the FEED is finalized and financing closed, the Spanish firm said in a Jan. 23 media statement.
KazAzot in December signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the Freeport Economic Zone Seaport of Aktau to build a new ammonia, urea, and AN production complex (GM Dec. 16, 2022).
The proposed new complex is planned to have production capacities of 660,000 mt/y of ammonia, 577,500 mt/y of urea, 395,000 mt/y of nitric acid, and 500,000 mt/y of AN, according to Técnicas Reunidas.
With a total of investment of $1 billion, the new production plant will be built adjacent to KazAzot’s existing production facilities. The producer has existing capacity at Aktau for 0.2 million mt/y of ammonia and 0.4 million mt/y of AN, as well as nitric acid capacity, according to Green Markets’ database.
Técnicas Reunidas said the engineering design under the FEED OBE contract will require about 200,000 engineering hours and is expected to be completed in 2023.