DOHA: Qatar Fertiliser Company (Qafco) yesterday signed an agreement with Ras Girtas Power Company to supply 15,000 tonne annually of aqueous ammonia to be used for power generation at Ras Laffan Power Plant.
The agreement was signed by Qafco's Vice Chairman and Managing Director Khalifa Abdullah Al Sowaidi and Faisal Obeid Al Siddiqi, Vice Chairman and CEO of Ras Laffan Power Plant at Qafco Doha office. Senior executives from both companies attended the agreement-signing ceremony.
Aqueous ammonia is a chemical compound composed of 19 percent of ammonia and it is used as an agent for absorbing nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions generated from gas utilization and burning natural gas in power generating stations and industrial plants.
In 2009 Qafco established in its compound in Mesaieed an aqueous ammonia facility with an annual production capacity of 60,000 tonne. Qafco utilises part of this quantity for removing nitrogen oxides generated from industrial activities in the company's plants that produce ammonia, urea and melamine.
Speaking on the occasion, Khalifa Al-Sowaidi said, "The establishment of this production unit for aqueous ammonia complements Qafco's strong commitment and confirms the recognition of its important role in protecting our environment and keeping it free of pollutants, harmful industrial emissions and helping other actors to do the same."
Qafco is to supply aqueous ammonia to various companies and gas-operated industrial plants in Qatar to utilise it as an agent for removing nitrogen dioxides and reducing its levels in the air to comply with the Qatari environmental regulations.
© The Peninsula 2011
