Japan’s Toyo Engineering to remodel SABIC's ammonia plant

TOKYO (ICIS)--Japan's Toyo Engineering has been awarded an energy optimisation project for SABIC’s ammonia facility at Al-Jubail in Saudi Arabia, the engineering firm said on Monday.

Toyo Engineering will remodel the 1,300 tonne/day ammonia plant and package boilers operated by Al-Jubail Fertilizer Company to reduce and optimise their energy consumption, the company said in a statement.

The project is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2013 and includes engineering, building as well as pre-commissioning and commissioning assistance on a lump sum turnkey basis, it said. 

The ammonia plant has been in operation since 1983, according to Toyo Engineering.

Al-Jubail Fertilizer Company is a 50:50 joint venture between SABIC and Taiwan Fertilizer Company.