Revival of the Barauni and Gorakhpur Fertilizer Units

Contact: General Manager , Gorakhpur Unit Address: The Fertilizer corporation of India Ltd. fertilizer factory, Distt. Gorakhpur (UP) 273007 Phone No.: 0551-2261742 Fax No.: 0551-2261741   Corporate Office   General Manager (Coordination) The Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. Central Office A-14, 5th Floor, PDIL Bhawan, Sector-1, Noida 201301, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA. Phone No.: 91-0120-2530023 Fax No.: 91-0120-2537613 LOCATION | PRODUCT | PERFORMANCE | PRODUCT UTILITY             LOCATION The Gorakhpur unit is  locate at a site about 12 km. north from Gorakhpur town in eastern part of U.P. it has excellent connectivity by road and rail.     CCOMMENCEMENT The unit was commisioned in 1969 for Urea production with Naptha as feed stock. The plant capacity of 570 TPD was subsequently enhanced to 950 TPD in the year 1976. TECHNOLOGY Both Indian and foreign suppliers have supplied Technology for the different process plants and utilities:   · Amonia plant  - M/s Tokyo Engg. Coporation, Tokyo, Japan · Urea Plant - M/s Tokyo Engg. Coporation, Tokyo, Japan · Steam Generation Plant - M/s Tokyo Engg. Coporation, Tokyo, Japan · Process Water Treatment - M/s GEO Miller & Co.     PERFORMANCE Best achieved capacity utilisation 94.8% in 1971-72 and 72.6% in 1976-77. However th operation of the plant has been suspended from 1990, due to non viable economic operations.                   http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/in-reviving-fertiliser-plant-at-gorakhpur-modi-fulfils-promise/     Press Information Bureau Government of India Cabinet 31-March-2015 20:56 IST Revival of the Barauni and Gorakhpur Fertilizer Units The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for the revival of the closed unit of the Barauni of the Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL) and Gorakhpur Fertilizer Unit of Fertilizers Corporation India Limited. These units were lying defunct and were not in operation since 2004. Therefore, the units and other facilities were lying unutilized. It is important to mention here that there is no indigenous urea units in the Eastern part of the country except a small unit at Namrup - Assam. There has been no Greenfield or Brownfield urea unit in last 19 years. The total requirement of urea in the country is around 300 Lakh MetricTonne (LMT) out of which 220-230 LMT of urea is produced annually from the indigenous urea units and balance is being met from the international market at Western and Eastern Ports. The demand of urea of the Eastern region, at present is being met either from the Western ports or from the units located in Western and Central India involving long distance transportation. Long distance transportation of urea riddled with high expenditure in terms of high freight subsidy as well as logistics problems. The revival of these units will ensure timely availability of urea from these units to the eastern region. Apart from growth of the regional economy of the country, each unit will be revived through bidding route with an approximate investment of Rs. 5000 – 6000 crore, and create employment opportunity for 500 direct and 2500 indirect workers. This decision along with the CCEA’s decision today on gas pooling for the urea sector will enable these units to get gas at pooled price on their revival, making them globally competitive. AKT/NT/SH/SK http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=117882