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| KBR wins contract by Matix Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. KBR, an American engineering and construction company, announced that it has been awarded a contract by Matix Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited (MFCL) - a Matix Group Company owned by Kanoria family in India - to provide licensing and engineering services for its grassroots 2,200 metric tons per day (MTPD) ammonia plant located inWest Bengal, India. MFCL is setting up the largest ammonia/urea (1.3 million tons per annum) manufacturing facilities in the country, along with Captive Power Plant, utilities, infrastructure and railway siding in the complex. KBR will license its Purifier(TM) Ammonia technology for the Matix plant, which will be based on coal bed methane. The use of coal bed methane as feedstock in the ammonia synthesis process is a relatively new application that provides an alternative to the use of natural gas in areas where coal is abundant. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |