Stamicarbon, Sittard, The Netherlands, a unit of Maire Tecnimont, announced that it has been awarded a licensing and equipment supply contract for two Ultra-Low Energy grassroots urea plants in the People’s Republic of China. The plants will be built in Dongping, Shandong Province, for a local urea producer.
Stamicarbon will deliver the Process Design Package and the proprietary high-pressure equipment in Safurex®, and associated services for the urea melt plant and finishing by prilling. The two urea melt plants will each have a capacity of 2,334 mt/d and a pool reactor. The plants are expected to start up in mid-2023.
Stamicarbon said this contract represents its fifth and sixth application of its proprietary Ultra-Low Energy technology since its introduction. It builds on the success of the three earlier plants in China, of which Jinjiang Xinlianxin and Hubei Sanning are in operation, and Henan Xinlianxin is under construction.