New contract for a fertilizer complex in Abu Dhabi

Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea; www.samsungengineering.co.kr) has commissioned Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) to provide extensive licensing, engineering and supply services within the scope of a large plant contract, which Ruwais Fertilizer Industries (FERTIL; Abu Dhabi) has awarded the South Korean company. Samsung Engineering is designing and constructing a new turnkey ammonia and urea plant, worth approximately $1.2 billion, for FERTIL in Ruwais in the emirate of Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf. The fertilizer complex (FERTIL II), which has a production capacity of 2,000 ton/d ammonia and 3,500 ton/d urea, is scheduled to be commissioned in 2013. The Uhde proprietary ammonia process will be used in the ammonia plant whilst the urea plant will operate using the Stamicarbon synthesis process from the Netherlands. The license for the urea granulation comes from Uhde Fertilizer Technology in the Netherlands, which took over the exclusive licensing rights to the fluidized-bed granulation process from Yara Fertilizer Technology in 2005. All processes selected are particularly eco-friendly and conform to high local and European standards.   The scope of the Uhde contract covers the process license, substantial…