Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, Japan; www.toyo-eng.co.jp) has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a large-scale fertilizer complex in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh state, India. This complex will be constructed jointly with Toyo Engineering India Private Ltd., Toyo’s group company in India, for Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. (HURL), a fertilizer company jointly established by National Thermal Power Corp. (NTPC), a state power company in India, Coal India Ltd. (CIL), a state coal mining company, and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), a state oil company as the lead promoters. The objective of this project is to construct a large-scale fertilizer complex composed of an ammonia plant with a capacity of 2,200 ton/d, a urea plant with a capacity of 3,850 ton/d, and a utility supply facility. The ammonia production technology of KBR LLC. (Houston) and Toyo’s ACES 21 urea synthesis technology will be employed.
This project is part of a series of national project promoted under the “Make in India” slogan by the Government of India that aims to fully achieve domestic production of chemical fertilizers against the country’s expanding population. Toyo has become the first project contractor.