Sittard, The Netherlands-Stamicarbon, the licensing and IP Center of Maire Tecnimont, said July 9 that it has been awarded a contract for the license of a 3,600 mt/d urea plant in Brazil for Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) (GM June 28, p. 1). The project foresees the provision of the license, process design, and related services for the grass roots urea plant in Tres Lagoas, Brazil, which will use Stamicarbon’s Urea 2000plusTM Technology and Safurex® stainless steel. The commissioning is scheduled for 2014. The new plant will be the second Stamicarbon urea plant in Brazil. The first plant, which is not operated by Petrobras, was commissioned in the early 1980’s.
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