Plant Engineering Saipem Selects Thyssenkrupp Uhde for Licensing Urea Project

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Thyssenkrupp Uhde has been chosen by Saipem for licensing, process design package and for supplying the main equipment for its urea project in Australia. For the project, Thyssenkrupp Uhde will make use of its proprietary UFT fluid-bed urea granulation technology.

Dortmund/Germany – Thyssenkrupp Fertilizer Technology of Thyssenkrupp Uhde has signed a contract with the Italian Group Saipem to license a urea granulation unit in Karratha, Western Australia. The project in Karratha is being realized and built for Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers by a joint venture (50/50) comprising the Western Australian company Clough and the Italian company Saipem. Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers is a multinational company headquartered in Western Australia. Besides investing in fertilizer production, it specializes in supporting farmers with harvesting and food production.

Thyssenkrupp Fertilizer Technology of Thyssenkrupp Uhde will be responsible for the licensing, the process design package and for supplying the main equipment for Saipem’s urea project. With its proprietary UFT fluid-bed urea granulation technology, Thyssenkrupp Fertilizer Technology is supplying one of the world's leading technologies for the production of urea granules by means of the fluidized-bed process. More than 70 % of the urea granules produced worldwide are manufactured by means of the UFT fluid-bed urea granulation technology, which contributes to a large extent to secure food supply for the world. The emissions are below the statutory emission limits for urea dust and ammonia.

For this project, Thyssenkrupp Fertilizer Technology has been contracted to supply two granulators and two exhaust air scrubbers for the urea granulation unit, which will be used for the manufacture of fertilizers. The granulation unit will have a total production capacity of 6,200 metric tons per day, made up of two identical trains with respective capacities of 3,100 metric tons per day each. The proven, licensed UFT fluid-bed urea granulation technology is being successfully used in more than 70 plants in the fertilizer industry worldwide. This technology is one of the pillars of Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s successful fertilizer portfolio.

Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers’ urea project will provide important impetus for the Western Australian economy by creating around 2,000 jobs during the three-year construction phase. On completion, the plant will create more than 200 permanent jobs in Karratha, Western Australia.

Vikas Rambal, Chairman Perdaman said: “We are pleased to be building Australia's biggest downstream project, which represents a major investment in the Australian production sector. This state-of-the-art plant will contribute to Australia having a safe and reliable source of high-quality urea, thus supporting the farmers and food producers.”

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