According to the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), Behzad
Mohammadi, during a visit to the plant on Wednesday, said the project was
spending its final construction months, adding operation of 4,500 people/day in
the facility was an indication of the great efforts exerted for completion of
the project.
Mohammadi expressed optimism that the project would come
on-stream within the next six months.
Construction of the plant began in 2014 for production of
660,000 tons/year of ammonia and 1,073 t/y of urea.
The plant is to be fed by 861 million cubic meters/year of
natural gas and is being built in 50 hectares of land in Masjed Soleyman,
Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran.
Switzerland’s Casale SA has provided the technical savvy for
the ammonia unit of the project, while Japan’s Toyo acted was the provider of
the urea unit’s technical knowhow.
Moreover, China’s Wuhan has been responsible for detailed
engineering, logistics and construction and installation of the project.
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