Ten groups, including several Chinese companies, have submitted proposals to build Guyana’s planned ammonia and urea fertilizer plant at Wales, according to tender opening results released last week.
The proposals were invited by the Government of Guyana through the Office of the Prime Minister under the Gas-to-Energy Task Force for Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for the Guyana Ammonia and Urea Plant (GAUP).
The bidders include a mix of international engineering firms, consortia and local participants.
The companies and consortia that submitted proposals are:
CAMCE-CNCEC-ECEC (consortium)
China Railway First Group Co. Ltd, SEDIN Engineering Co, Ltd. (consortium)
Lindsayca Guyana Inc.
Montego Upstream Services Ltd, Ideal Engineering Services Inc. (consortium)
Northern EPC Alliance (NEA), Lee Kieswetter Heavy Civil (LKHC), Valor EPC (consortium)
Phoenix Welding & Fabricating Inc.
Huala Engineering & Technology Co. Ltd., China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation (consortium)
Morimatsu, Arkad SpA, CC7 Europe (consortium)
Kalpataru Projects International Limited
China Wuhan Engineering Corporation Ltd.
The government had previously announced that the GAUP will be developed as a public-private partnership and will use up to 20 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from the second phase of the Wales Gas-to-Energy project.
Once completed, the facility is expected to produce about 300,000 tons of fertilizer annually. Authorities have said the plant is intended to supply both the domestic and regional markets, including the Caribbean and northern Brazil, with the aim of lowering fertilizer prices and supporting agricultural productivity.
The proposed plant site lies east of the combined-cycle power plant and natural gas liquids (NGL) facility currently under construction at Wales as part of the first phase of the Gas-to-Energy project.
Lean gas for the fertilizer facility is expected to be supplied by Guyana Power and Gas Inc. (GPGI), the state-owned company responsible for handling and distributing natural gas delivered to shore from offshore fields.
According to the government, the fertilizer plant is targeted to become operational by 2028, in line with the anticipated completion of the second phase of the Gas-to-Energy project.
