Heavy equipment arrive at Metafrax’s new Ammonia-Urea-Melamine complex

Metafrax’s AUM Project is a large and complex project, never undertaken so far, aimed at expanding the product mix of one of the biggest Russian producers of methanol and downstream resins, making full use of some low-value off streams. The new products are melamine and urea. The project consists in  revamping the existing methanol plant, located in northern Russia,  additing completely new ammonia, urea and melamine plants plus a new CO2 recovery unit (CDR) from flue gases. All technologies involved, except for the CDR, are owned and provided by Casale, which is also the general EPCm contractor. Site construction is under the responsibility of Metafrax. The advantages stemming from dealing with a single licensor/contractor are:

• seamless and close of integration among the various units,
• single point of responsibility,
• reduced project timing,
• improved efficiency.

The construction works started in 2018 and are proceeding relentlessly ahead of the coming rigid winter. Most of the heavy equipment have already been delivered and are being installed.