Toyo Awarded Hurl Fertilizer Complex Project In Gorakhpur

Toyo Engineering Corporation (Japan) has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a large-scale fertilizer complex in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. This complex will be constructed jointly with Toyo Engineering India Pvt. Ltd., Toyo’s group company in India, for Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd. (HURL).

HURL is a fertilizer company jointly established by National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), a state power company in India, Coal India Ltd. (CIL), a state coal mining company, and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC), a state oil company, as the lead promoters. The objective of this project is to construct a large-scale fertilizer complex composed of an ammonia plant with a capacity of 2,200-tpd (tonnes per day), a urea plant with a capacity of 3,850-tpd, and a utility supply facility. The ammonia production technology of Kellogg Brown & Root LLC (USA) and Toyo’s urea synthesis technology ‘ACES 21’ will be employed.

This project is part of a series of national project promoted under the ‘Make In India’ slogan by the Government of India that aims to fully achieve domestic production of chemical fertilizers against the country’s expanding population. Toyo has become the first project contractor.

Toyo will be carrying out the fertilizer project again in Gorakhpur 55 years after award of a contract for the first fertilizer plant in 1963 at the same site, which was also the Japanese company’s first overseas project. This is Toyo’s 16th fertilizer project in India, including one now under construction in Kota, Rajasthan. “Not only Toyo’s technical capability as urea licensor, but also Toyo’s broad experience in India and international project performance is highly valued, and has been instrumental in the awarding of this contract,” the company said in a press statement.

“In the Indian market, which has a vast population and a huge middle-class population strata that continues to grow, Toyo is committed to contributing to the economic development of the country and its own business expansion based on its achievements in a range of fields including construction of fertilizer plants,” the release added.