MAIRE has announced that its subsidiary NEXTCHEM, through Stamicarbon and KT Tech, has been awarded contracts covering licensing, process design package (PDP), and the supply of critical equipment for the development of three world-scale industrial complexes for a major client in West Africa. The projects will include two complexes dedicated to urea granules production and one facility integrating ammonia and methanol co-production, all based on NEXTCHEM’s proprietary technologies.
The total value of the package amounts to €485 million. Around €10 million related to engineering activities already underway will be recognized during the pre-FID phase, while the remaining portion will be accounted for following the Final Investment Decision.
The two large-scale nitrogen fertilizer complexes will feature four hydrogen units based on NX AdWinHydrogen® technology, four ammonia units utilizing NX STAMI™ Ammonia technology, four urea-melt trains, and six urea granulation units based on NX STAMI™ Urea technology. Together, these facilities are expected to achieve a combined urea production capacity exceeding 3 million tonnes per year.
The NX AdWinHydrogen® autothermal reforming (ATR) technology enables efficient production of syngas at the scale required for large downstream plants. The ammonia units will apply NX STAMI™ Ammonia technology to ensure efficient, reliable, and flexible large-scale production. Meanwhile, NX STAMI™ Urea technology is designed to reduce steam consumption, improve energy efficiency, and produce high-quality urea granules.
The third complex will integrate ammonia production of more than 900 thousand tonnes per year with methanol production exceeding 600 thousand tonnes annually. One of the units will be designed to co-produce ammonia and methanol using NEXTCHEM’s ATR-based NX AdWin® Combined technology. NX AdWin® Combined is a high-pressure, large-scale ATR technology that enables sequential or parallel production of methanol and ammonia.
Both NX AdWinHydrogen® and NX AdWin® Combined technologies have been developed by GasConTec, NEXTCHEM’s subsidiary focused on low-carbon hydrogen and methanol solutions.
Fabio Fritelli, Managing Director of NEXTCHEM, commented:
“This is a landmark award, which leverage on NEXTCHEM’s integrated expertise across the hydrogen, ammonia, urea, and methanol value chains. It reinforces our position as a leading technology partner for large, integrated industrial projects, demonstrating the scalability and complementarity of our proprietary technologies.”
Source: MAIRE