ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Nov. 13
By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend:
A major cargo of mineral fertilizers has been purchased in Turkmenistan by consumers from Bulgaria, Romania, Spain and Turkey, Trend reports referring to the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper.
Since the beginning of this year, the Garabogazkarbamid plant has sent abroad two thirds of the fertilizers produced - 261,000 tons. The products were loaded onto a dry cargo ship at the modernized sea pier in Garabogaz city.
In September, the Consortium of the Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan) and Gap Insaat (Turkey) companies commissioned a major gas chemical complex worth $1.5 billion in Garabogaz city of Balkan region in Turkmenistan.
This complex is designed to produce 1.1 million tons of urea per year. The technology of the Danish Haldor Topsoe AS company, the US UOP company, the Italian Saipem company and the Dutch Uhde Fertilizer Technology company were used in the project.
With the commissioning of the new facility, the annual volume of nitrogen fertilizers produced in the country exceeded two million tons. About one third of these products is supplied to the domestic market, the rest is sent for export.