Amec Foster Wheeler (London, U.K.; www.amecfw.com) announces today the award of a contract to provide project development support and design engineering for an integrated 80,000 metric ton per year anhydrous ammonia production plant and electric power cogeneration facility, through a new agreement with Grannus, LLC (Tucson, Ariz.; www.grannusllc.com), a clean-technology and project-development company. The plant is situated in Kern County, California.
Operating with an environmentally-friendly profile, the medium-scale fertilizer plant is designed to be smaller and sited closer to the end user, and to require a smaller overall investment than today’s world-scale fertilizer plants.
Amec Foster Wheeler’s scope of work includes engineering design and definition work utilizing key process technology and equipment suppliers, as well as execution planning activities for the facility. Work has begun on the project and the plant is expected to be operational by Q4 2017.
“The anhydrous ammonia production plant developed by Grannus is an environmentally friendly way to make syngas-based chemical products as well as electricity, with near zero emissions. Amec Foster Wheeler has provided a team with strong expertise for this unique project and we look forward to continue our work with them on this milestone project,” says James “Kelly” Merritt, Jr., chief development officer for Grannus.
The contract value for the project was not disclosed.