NEXTCHEM (MAIRE) has been awarded licensing and process design package for a low carbon fertilizer plant as well as proprietary equipment supply in Canada

The first award entails the process design package (PDP) and the licensing – the latter being subject to the final investment decision (FID) by the client – for an integrated urea and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) production plant currently being developed by Genesis Fertilizers, a farmer-owned consortium, at Belle Plaine in Saskatchewan, Canada. The plant will have a urea melt capacity of 2500 tpd, with operations expected to begin by 2029. Also, thanks to a carbon capture and sequestration unit, it will be the first proposed low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer plant in Canada. Stamicarbon will apply its proprietary flash urea melt technology, part of the NX STAMI Urea portfolio, designed to enhance operational efficiency and reliability while minimising process steam consumption.

The plant will also include a DEF facility with a production capacity of 1500 tpd. DEF, also known as AdBlue^® in Europe, is a 32.5% high-purity urea solution in deionised water, developed to reduce NOx emissions from diesel engines. The company’s DEF production design, part of the NX STAMI Specialties portfolio, enables the direct production of ISO 22241-compliant DEF from aqueous urea solution from any urea plant, ensuring high quality and lower production costs by eliminating finishing and blending.

The second award is related to the supply of a replacement high-pressure urea stripper to Nutrien's Fort Saskatchewan Nitrogen Operations (FNO) in Alberta, Canada. With engineering and advanced materials expertise, this proprietary equipment is designed to enhance operational efficiency while minimising downtime and ensuring long-term reliability.

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