Toyo awarded contract for nitrogen plant

Trinidad-Toyo Engineering Corp. reports that it was awarded an engineering contract from MAN Ferrostaal AG for the US$1.2 Billion nitrogen fertilizer complex planned by Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd. This project is to construct a UAN and melamine plant at Point Lisas Industrial Estate. The facility will include an ammonia unit (1,850 mt/d), urea (2,100 mt/d), nitric acid (1,520 mt/d), ammonium nitrate (1,930 mt/d), UAN (4,300 mt/d), and melamine (180 mt/d). Toyo will license its own urea technology and provide basic and detailed engineering service for the urea plant and utility and offsite facilities and integration activities of the overall complex. MAN will act as the general contractor for this project.