United Chemical Co. Shchekinoazot (UCC Shchekinoazot) has commissioned a methanol and ammonia coproduction plant in Russia’s Tula region.
Entered into service in early September, the plant—which is equipped to produce 450,000 tonnes/year of methanol and 135,000 tpy of ammonia using Haldor Topsoe AS’s proprietary Integrated Methanol and Ammonia Production (IMAP) technology—is the first coproduction plant in the world to produce more methanol than ammonia, Haldor Topsoe said.
This is the third unit under license by Haldor Topsoe at UCC Shchekinoazot’s operations, which include a first methanol plant with a production capacity of 450,000 tpy started up in 2011 and a 26,000-cu m/hr hydrogen unit commissioned in 2012.
Alongside the early September inauguration of the methanol-ammonia unit, UCC Shchekinoazot also broke ground on a third methanol production plant at the site.
Also under license by Haldor Topsoe, this third methanol plant will have a methanol production capacity of 500,000 tpy, the service provider reported.
The third methanol plant is scheduled for startup in second-quarter 2022, UCC Shchekinoazot said.
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