GPIC CO2 project to up methanol, urea output - CEO
31 December 2007 02:20 [Source: ICIS news]
DUBAI (ICIS news)--Bahrain-based Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co’s (GPIC) carbon dioxide (CO2) recovery project will raise methanol and urea output by 120 tonnes/day and 80 tonnes/day respectively, the company CEO said over the weekend.
The fertilizer and petrochemicals maker was also still awaiting the allocation of gas from the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) for its Ammonia II and Urea II expansion projects, CEO Abdelrahmane Al-Jawahri said in a speech at an event marking the firm’s 28th anniversary.
Earlier this month, GPIC signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to license its technology to recover CO2 from flue gas emitted at its existing plant.
GPIC presently has the capacity to produce 1,200 tonnes/day of ammonia, 1,200 tonnes/day of methanol and 1,700 tonnes/day of urea at its site in Sitra.
The GPIC is a joint venture company between Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC),
By: Abdelghani Henni
65 6780 4359
For the latest chemical news, data and analysis that directly impacts your business sign up for a free trial to ICIS news - the breaking online news service for the global chemical industry.
Get the facts and analysis behind the headlines from our market leading weekly magazine: sign up to a free trial to ICIS Chemical Business.
| ICIS news FREE TRIAL |
| Get access to breaking chemical news as it happens. |
| ICIS Global Petrochemical Index (IPEX) |
| ICIS Global Petrochemical Index (IPEX). Download the free tabular data and a chart of the historical index |
Related Articles
- 15 Jan 10 11:50 BASF and Linde join forces on carbon capture plants
- 23 Jul 08 14:59 Bahrain's GPIC agrees on carbon capture project
- 17 Jan 08 18:16 US granular urea stagnates on lacklustre buying
- 03 Jan 08 06:56 Asia methanol prices fall on weak sentiment
- 02 Jan 08 03:19 Bahrain GPIC posts record profits in 2007
- 20 Dec 07 11:07 Bahrain's GPIC takes Mitsubishi CO2 recovery tech
- 21 Nov 07 07:09 Saudi Arabia's IMC signs methanol shipping deal
- 18 Jul 07 03:38 Fertilizer exports boost GPIC H1 profit
Latest News
- 19 Jun 13 05:00 China’s Shandong Xinfa Chemical restarts two PVC lines
- 19 Jun 13 04:57 Taiwan's CPC to run Kaohsiung No 5 cracker at 85% for rest of June
- 19 Jun 13 04:28 Japan's chemical exports grow 17% in May
- 19 Jun 13 04:03 Asia ABS prices firmer on buoyant styrene costs
- 18 Jun 13 23:59 Europe June SAN contracts settle at a rollover to slight rise