Project Profile
Location: Sipitang, 145 kilometers southwest of Kota Kitabalu, the mercantile city in Sabah State on the Island of Borneo
Capacity: 2,100 mtpd (metric tons per day) of ammonia and 3,850 mtpd of urea fertilizer
The new urea fertilizer plant will be built in Sipitang, approximately 145 kilometers southwest of Kota Kitabalu, the mercantile city in Sabah State on the Island of Borneo. Using natural gas as its feedstock, the plant will have a capacity to produce 2,100 mtpd (metric tons per day) of ammonia and 3,850 mtpd of urea fertilizer. It will adopt process technologies from Haldor TopsΦe A/S of Denmark, Saipem S.p.A. of Italy, and Uhde Fertilizer Technology B.V. of the Netherlands. The plant is slated to go into production in 2015.
Operator:
PETRONAS Chemical Fertilizer Sabah Sdn. Bhd. (PCFSSB)
Contractors:
Consortium for EPC:
APEX Energy Sdn. Bhd.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI)
Haldor TopsΦe A/S: Process technologies
Saipem S.p.A.: Process technologies
Uhde Fertilizer Technology B.V.: Process technologies