AMMONIA-UREA AND SYNGAS-BASED PRODUCTS - Saipem SpA

AMMONIA-UREA
AND SYNGAS-BASED PRODUCTS
THE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF
SYNGAS-BASED CHEMICAL
PROCESSES HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
STALWARTS OF SNAMPROGETTI,
RECENTLY INTEGRATED INTO SAIPEM,
ALMOST SINCE ITS EARLIEST DAYS
MANY DECADES AGO.
We have designed and built hundreds
of plants, including more than twenty
fully integrated complexes, in every
remote corner of the world, mostly
based on the world leading and
proprietary licensed Snamprogetti TM
Urea Technology as well as on third
party syngas generation, ammonia
and methanol synthesis technologies.
In the Ammonia-Urea process
sequence, Saipem is a recognized
world leader:
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Over 110 Urea Technology licensed
plants in operation.
In the quest for the economies of
scale, design and construction of
the largest single train urea unit in
operation today (Profertil, Bahia
Blanca Fertilizer Complex in
Argentina), which achieved an
average yearly production of 3,558
Tons per Day (T/D) in 2006 and has
become the reference for the
subsequent design and
construction of today’s biggest
single train urea plants, like the
Daharki Ammonia-Urea Complex
for Engro in Pakistan and the Qafco
5 Fertilizer Complex in Qatar with
the capacity of 3,835 T/D and
3,850 T/D respectively.
Design and construction in 2002-
2005 of the largest ammonia-urea
single project, namely Omifco in
Oman, with the total urea design
capacity of 5,060 T/D; in 2008 the
plant achieved the capacity peak of
6,000 T/D.
Continuous Urea Technology
improvements and upgrading.
To name just a few most recent
achievements:
- the new Omegabond TM Advanced
Tubing Technology (Ti/Zr
metallurgically coextruded) for
improved stripper performance
developed in collaboration with
ATI WahChang;
- focus on plant reliability and
availability concepts applied on
the 5,000+ T/D single train;
- the adoption of continuously
improved environmental impact
reduction and energy saving
schemes.
Moron Fertilizer Complex - Venezuela 1972