Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions has commissioned Egypt’s largest nitrogen fertiliser complex. It is located in the Damietta free trade zone, some 160 kilometres north-east of Cairo, and will be operated by the Egyptian Nitrogen Products Company (ENPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Misr Fertilizer Production Company (MOPCO).
When running at full capacity, the plant will be capable of producing 2,400 tons of ammonia and 3,850 tons of urea per day.
Greg McGlone, managing director of ENPC, commented: “We are elated to have continuous production at our new world-scale fertiliser complex in Damietta. Together with our partner thyssenkrupp, we were able to successfully take this mega-project from start to completion, despite the extremely challenging political and economic circumstances in Egypt over the past nine years.”
Thore Lohmann, CEO of thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Egypt), said: “This project demonstrates once again the immense trust of the Egyptian fertiliser industry in our technological capabilities and the strong relationship between thyssenkrupp and our customers in the region. While we have built 16 out of the 17 existing nitrogen fertiliser plants in the country, we see future growth opportunities especially in the fields of phosphate fertilisers and petrochemicals as well as cement and mining.”
ENPC commissioned thyssenkrupp to build the turnkey fertiliser complex including two ammonia and two urea plants as well as various offsite and related utility systems, product handling and storage facilities in the year 2007. Being the largest single fertiliser contract in the history of thyssenkrupp up until then, it included the entire engineering (basic and detail), supply of the equipment, construction and commissioning. ENPC will use the fertiliser produced in Damietta to serve both domestic and export markets.
The ammonia plants are based on thyssenkrupp’s proprietary ammonia process, while the urea plants will use Netherlands-based Stamicarbon’s process. All selected processes are particularly environment-friendly and comply with stringent Egyptian and European standards.
