Mangalore Fertilizer and Chemical Limited has hired KBR as the EPC contractor for the energy saving-cum-expansion project which will reduce energy consumption of urea from 6.5 Gcal/t to 5.75 Gca//t, ammonia from 9.6 Gcal/ ton to 8 Gcal /ton while enhancing ammonia capacity from 240900 MTPA to 328500 MTPA and urea from 419750 MTPA to 569400 MTPA at Mangalore, Karnataka. The project currently awaits environment clearance. The equipment requirements are Compressors, Turbines, Exchangers, Vaporizers, Subcoolers, Filters, Pumps, Heaters, Towers, Vessels, Storage systems, Cooler, Furnaces, Stacks, Converters, Boilers, Drums, Blowers, Economizers, Preheaters, Reactors, Tanks, Reactors, Evaporators, Condensers, Separators, Ejectors, Absorbers, Prilling towers, Absorbers, Heat exchangers, Columns Generators and many more

20/01/2018
Mangalore Fertilizer and Chemical Limited has hired KBR as the EPC contractor, which is studying the Detail Engineering Work for the energy saving-cum-expansion project which will reduce energy consumption of urea from 6.5 Gcal/t to 5.75 Gca//t, ammonia from 9.6 Gcal/ ton to 8 Gcal /ton while enhancing ammonia capacity from 240900 MTPA to 328500 MTPA and urea from 419750 MTPA to 569400 MTPA at Mangalore, Karnataka. The project currently awaits environment clearance. KBR will begin taking out RFQ for equipment shortly. The equipment requirements are Compressors, Turbines, Exchangers, Vaporizers, Subcoolers, Filters, Pumps, Heaters, Towers, Vessels, Storage systems, Cooler, Furnaces, Stacks, Converters, Boilers, Drums, Blowers, Economizers, Preheaters, Reactors, Tanks, Reactors, Evaporators, Condensers, Separators, Ejectors, Absorbers, Prilling towers, Absorbers, Heat exchangers, Columns Generators and many more

27/12/2017
Mangalore Fertilizer and Chemical Limited has hired KBR as the EPC contractor, which is completed Detailed Feasibility Report for the energy saving-cum-expansion project which will reduce energy consumption of urea from 6.5 Gcal/t to 5.75 Gca//t, ammonia from 9.6 Gcal/ ton to 8 Gcal /ton while enhancing ammonia capacity from 240900 MTPA to 328500 MTPA and urea from 419750 MTPA to 569400 MTPA at Mangalore, Karnataka. The project currently awaits environment clearance. KBR will begin taking out RFQ for equipment shortly. The equipment requirements are Compressors, Turbines, Exchangers, Vaporizers, Subcoolers, Filters, Pumps, Heaters, Towers, Vessels, Storage systems, Cooler, Furnaces, Stacks, Converters, Boilers, Drums, Blowers, Economizers, Preheaters, Reactors, Tanks, Reactors, Evaporators, Condensers, Separators, Ejectors, Absorbers, Prilling towers, Absorbers, Heat exchangers, Columns Generators and many more

11/10/2017
Mangalore Fertilizer and Chemical Limited has hired EPC contractor KBR, which is conducting detailed engineering for the energy saving-cum-expansion project which will reduce energy consumption of urea from 6.5 Gcal/t to 5.75 Gca//t, ammonia from 9.6 Gcal/ ton to 8 Gcal /ton while enhancing ammonia capacity from 240900 MTPA to 328500 MTPA, urea from 419750 MTPA to 569400 MTPA at Mangalore, Karnataka. The project currently awaits environment clearance. KBR will begin taking out RFQs for equipment shortly. The equipment requirements are Compressors, Turbines, Exchangers, Vaporizers, Subcoolers, Filters, Pumps, Heaters, Towers, Vessels, Storage systems, Cooler, Furnaces, Stacks, Converters, Boilers, Drums, Blowers, Economizers, Preheaters, Reactors, Tanks, Reactors, Evaporators, Condensers, Separators, Ejectors, Absorbers, Prilling towers, Absorbers, Heat exchangers, Columns Generators and many more

Critical equipment purchase is still ongoing, the maximum long lead item has reached the site in December 2019, Still, Drum and vessel have not reached the site, The Civil work has been started at the site. The project is likely to be commissioned in December 2021 in place of September 2020.

11/01/2023
The project has been commissioned in November 2022, to implement this Project, the plant which produces urea and complex fertilizer was shut down between June- September 2022, Post commissioning, the Ammonia production will increase by 25 % coupled with reduction in the energy consumption by about 10-12 %.

23/09/2022
Majority of civil work has been completed, pre-fabrication, mechanical & piping works have been completed, pre- comission is ongoing, The project is likely to be commissioned in October 2022.

08/06/2022
Critical equipment purchase has been completed, all the equipment has reached the site, 90 % of construction work has been completed the installation of long-lead items is ongoing. The pre-commissioning is continuing, the project is likely to be commissioned at the end of July 2022 in place of June 2022.

21/12/2021
Critical equipment purchase has been completed, all the equipment has been reached the site, 60 % of construction work has been completed the installation of long-lead items is ongoing. The project is likely to be commissioned in June 2022.

27/08/2021
Critical equipment purchase has been completed, all the equipment has been reached the site, 53 % of construction work has been completed the erection work of different equipment is ongoing. The project is likely to be commissioned in June 2022 in place of December 2021, due to the impact of Covid.