Arzew Fertiliser Complex.Built by Technip, this complex started up in June 1970 and consisted of four units to produce: 1,000 t/d of ammonia, 400 t/d of urea, 400 t/d of nitric acid nitric acid, chemical compound, HNO3, colorless, highly corrosive, poisonous liquid that gives off choking red or yellow fumes in moist air. It is miscible with water in all proportions. and 500 t/d of ammonium nitrate ammonium nitrate, chemical compound, NH4NO3, that exists as colorless, rhombohedral crystals at room temperature but changes to monoclinic crystals when heated above 32°C;. . Over half the ammonia output was for export. The fertilisers were to be sold locally. Another 1,000 t/d ammonia unit (Ammonia-II) started up in 1976. It was built by Technip's subsidiary Creusot-Loire and Pullman Pullman. 1 Former town, since 1889 part of Chicago, Ill. It was founded in 1880 by George M. Pullman as a model community for workers of his sleeping-car company; all property was company owned, and administration policies were paternalistic. Kellogg of the US, under a contract won in July 1974, with Kellogg providing help for operating the plant. Two 400 t/d nitric acid units and two 500 t/d ammonium nitrate units were built by Voest Alpine of Austria under a contract won in July 1974. In 1983 Technip and Creusot-Loire completed renovation of the first ammonia unit for about $48.5m, allowing the complex to operate at full capacity. In early 1990, the Yugoslav company Hemijska Industrija Pancevo completed rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. of Ammonia-II and production resumed in March 1990. |
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