Perdaman and Incitec Pivot sign urea offtake agreement

The AUS$4.3 billion Karratha urea plant in Western Australia is scheduled to start production in 4Q25, with construction due to begin in 1Q22. It will be Australia’s first world-scale urea plant, converting Australian gas into urea.

The offtake agreement is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent which must be satisfied by no later than a date which is 18 months from execution of the agreement. The primary condition precedent relates to Perdaman obtaining financing for construction of the new plant (which in turn depends on Perdaman finalising gas supply arrangements and obtaining various environmental and other regulatory approvals for the plant).

IPL Managing Director & CEO, Jeanne Johns, said: “The investment by Perdaman in a new, world-scale plant will make it one of the most energy-efficient plants in the world utilising low emissions technology. ”We are pleased to support such a significant domestic manufacturing project that will use Australian gas to produce urea fertilizer, essential for our Australian and international agricultural markets.”

Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers’s Chairman Vikas Rambal, said: “The Karratha urea plant has the potential to make Australia a major player in the global urea market.”

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