GAIL (India) update on India's first coal gasification based fertilizer plant at Talcher

Hon'ble Prime Minister launches commencement of work for Talcher Fertilizers

GAIL (India) announced that Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 22 September 2018 launched the commencement of work for India's first coal gasification based fertilizer plant with pet coke blending, marking a significant milestone towards achieving the Government of India's vision of making the country self-sufficient in the production of fertilizers through the revival of closed plants.

The fertilizer plant is being developed by Talcher Fertilizers (TFL), a joint venture company of GAIL (India) (GAIL), Coal India (CIL), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCFL) and Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCIL), at an estimated investment of Rs. 13,000 crore.

The project will have an output of 1.27 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) of 'Neem' coated prilled urea using coal and petcoke as feedstock. The plant is targeted to be commissioned by 2022. Talcher plant shall ensure easy availability of urea in Odisha as currently there is no urea plant in the state.

The coal gasification based Ammonia Urea Complex being set up at Talcher will have a design capacity of 2,200 Tonnes Per Day (TPD) of ammonia and 3,850 TPD of urea. The plant is located in Talcher in Angul district of Odisha, about 126 km from Bhubaneswar, shall also produce 100 TPD of sulphur flakes as a saleable byproduct.

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