03.09.2024 • NewsQatarEnergy (QE)ureafertilizer

QatarEnergy to Build Urea Complex at Mesaieed

QatarEnergy has decided to build a new, world-scale urea production complex in Mesaieed Industrial City. The project comprises the construction of three ammonia production lines that will supply feedstock to four new urea production trains at the site.

The new facilities, which are planned to be built, will more than double the State of Qatar’s urea production from about 6 million t/y currently to 12.4 million t/y. Production from the project’s first new urea train is expected before the end of this decade, the company said.

Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs and CEO of QatarEnergy, said: “We have been producing ammonia and urea in Qatar for over 50 years. Today, we are expanding our experience and further solidifying our position by this unprecedented mega project that will make the State of Qatar the world’s largest urea producer.“

“Developing this project in Mesaieed Industrial City will ensure the optimum utilization of the excellent existing infrastructure for the petrochemical and fertilizer industries, including the city’s export port, which is one of the largest fertilizer and petrochemical export facilities in the MENA region. It will also establish Mesaieed as the urea production capital of the world,” Al-Kaabi added.

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