Perdaman Ceres Urea Plant
The project, awarded in 2023 to Clough (Webuild Group) and Saipem jv, entails the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-commissioning, and Commissioning of the Perdaman Ceres Urea Plant. Located on the Burrup Peninsula, approximately 20 kilometres north of Karratha on the coastline of Western Australia, the plant will have a production capacity of more than 2 million metric tons of urea per year.
The plant will produce fertiliser from urea by transforming natural gas into ammonia and then into urea. The plant will be installing the new avantgarde SynCOR Ammonia™ technology from Topsoe, making the largest ammonia plant in the world on a single synthesis reactor, while the production process of urea will use Snamprogetti™ proprietary technology. The plant will also have a control system to ensure that the urea produced will be of the highest quality.
The Ceres plant will be avantgarde in terms of energy efficiency and emission reduction. It has been designed to reduce to a minimum industrial emissions as well as the carbon footprint of the production of fertiliser. Best practice in terms of CO2 emissions reduction will be applied, confirming a commitment to mitigate climate change.