Unigel Fertilizer Industry Announces Investment in "Green" Ammonia Plant in Bahia

Unigel Fertilizer Industry Announces Investment in “Green” Ammonia Plant in Bahia

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 03/08/2021 at 13:05

Updated on 03/08/2021 at 13:51

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Unigel Announces Investment in a Green Ammonia Plant in Bahia During the Inauguration of Its New Fertilizer Plant in Sergipe

The fertilizer industry Unigel (formerly Fafen) announced on Monday (02) that it will invest in the installation of a green ammonia plant in Camaçari, Bahia, with operations set to begin by the end of next year. To install the unit, the company will convert an old closed plant.

Unigel Executive Speaks

According to Henri Slezynger, founder and chairman of the company, this will be the first green ammonia plant in the country and one of the first and largest in the world. The executive did not disclose how much the fertilizer company will invest or the production capacity of the ammonia plant in Bahia.

According to the businessman, the input will be obtained from nitrogen in the air and hydrogen from water, with no use of fossil fuels, only renewable energy. The announcement of the plant took place during the inauguration ceremony of the fertilizer plant in Laranjeiras (SE), which has been named Unigel Agro Sergipe and has the capacity to produce 650 thousand tons of urea, 320 thousand tons of ammonium sulfate, and 450 thousand tons of ammonia per year.

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Resumption of Operations in the Fertilizer Industry Promises to Generate Over 1,500 Jobs

Petrobras halted its fertilizer production at Unigel in early 2019, and the leasing and adaptation phase of the plants began in August last year. Ammonia production resumed in May, and urea production started in June.

With the return of activities, around 1,500 job opportunities are expected to be generated in the region. According to Roberto Noronha, president of Unigel, the return of fertilizer operations in Sergipe could reduce dependence on other companies for product imports.

Currently, the country imports about 75% of these inputs. Together, the plants in Bahia and Sergipe will have the capacity to produce 925 thousand tons of ammonia, 320 thousand tons of ammonium sulfate, and 1.125 million tons of urea.

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According to Bento Albuquerque, Minister of Mines and Energy, production at the plant will help reduce Brazil’s dependence on fertilizer imports from other countries.

According to the minister, the inauguration of the plant in Bahia is a result of the New Gas Law, recently sanctioned, which allowed private companies to operate in the market. The minister stated at the plant’s inauguration ceremony that the fertilizer industry is essential for the sustainable and clean growth of the agricultural sector.

Brazil accounts for 8% of the world’s fertilizer demand and is fourth in the list of countries by consumption. Fertilizer imports increased by about 30% at the end of the 1980s, and reached 80% by 2020.

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