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Article: Qatar Fertiliser Co.
- Article from:
- APS Review Downstream Trends
- Article date:
- September 14, 2009
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Qafco is a JV owned 75% of QP and 25% by Yara Int'l of Norway (formerly known as Norsk Hydro). Its Medsai'eed complex has four plants producing 2m t/y of ammonia and 2.8m t/y of urea with Qafco-4, inaugurated in April 2004. The company now is having a fifth plant, Qafco-5, under construction by Saipem of Italy with a capacity of 4,600 t/d of ammonia and 3,850 t/d of urea by 2011. Yara is providing project management. In July 2009, Qafco was in the final stage of negotiations with Saipem for an EPC contract to build Qafco-6 which is to cost $3bn. Qafco-6 will produce about 3.1m t/y of granular urea, the most common type of fertiliser. Qafco hopes to have it on stream in ...