Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. and Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation S.A.E. (EHC) have finalized all technical and commercial conditions of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract related to the implementation of a new Ammonia plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt. Maire Tecnimont Group had already been selected as the exclusive EPC contractor, as announced last year.
The contract’s value is approximately $550 million.
The plant will produce 1,320 metric tons per day (m.t./d) of ammonia and includes extensive utilities and offsites facilities. The Scope of Work includes full Engineering, Procurement and Construction activities. Project completion is scheduled after 36 months from the contract effective date, which will be triggered by the financial closing of the project.
The produced ammonia will be used to feed an Ammonium Nitrate plant, already existing and in operation in the same industrial facility, also owned by EHC.
Basil El-Baz, Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation Chairman, commented: “This contract is another outstanding opportunity to work with Maire Tecnimont, a company we trust with best in class expertise and experience. The EHC expansion project is a vote of confidence in the Egyptian economy and the reforms that have been undertaken to date. The project will serve as a catalyst for the mining sector, attracting foreign investment and increasing employment opportunities and providing the raw materials needed for the sectors activities.”
Pierroberto Folgiero, Maire Tecnimont Group CEO, added: “With this achievement we are proving once again the great resilience of our core business in a particularly challenging period for the whole market. We are also really proud to play a strategic role in the development of the fertilizer industry in Egypt with an entrepreneurial client such as EHC.”