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Agrifos expansion to boost AS output, reduce sulacid supply

  • Mercados: Fertilizers
  • 07/11/12

Houston, 7 November (Argus) — Rentech Nitrogen Partners' $158mn acquisition last week of the Agrifos plant in Pasadena, Texas, will eventually lead to an increase of ammonium sulfate (AS) produced at the site and decrease the amount of sulfuric acid on the market.

Rentech now controls the Pasadena plant, which primarily produces AS, but output also includes synthetic granulated AS, ammonium thiosulfate (ATS) and sulfuric acid. Plans call for boosting AS production capacity to 690,000 st/yr (625/964 t/yr) during the first half of 2014, up 20pc from the current capacity of 575,000 st/yr. This will reduce the amount of sulfuric acid available for sale.

Rentech is also planning other projects at the facility, including a cogeneration power plant that will use excess steam vented at the sulfuric acid plant through the sulfur burning process.

Pasadena's sulfuric acid production capacity is 570,000 st/yr. Shrieve has an agreement to market up to 400,000 st/yr, with the remainder used by Agrifos to produce AS and ATS. But new Rentech guidance recently given suggests just 139,000 st/yr of sulfuric acid is available for sale, with the rest going to AS production. That amount will decrease as AS production increases.

The site has 6,200ft of frontage on the Houston Ship Channel and two deep-water docks, giving it access to key waterways for international shipments and the Mississippi river for barge access. It also has immediate access to railways. Other assets included in the deal were solid fertilizer warehouses, an ammonia dock and tank and product storage facilities.

Agrifos was not available for comment.

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