1.7 million tons of urea plant exploded in India

June 12, 2024, 9:21 AM

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An explosion at IFFCO's Phulpur nitrogen fertilizer plant in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday killed 2 and injured 16, suspected to be caused by an ammonia tank blast due to a natural gas pipeline leak. The plant, with urea and liquid ammonia production lines dating back to 1981 and 1997, has a yearly capacity of 1.7 million tons of urea and 1 million tons of liquid ammonia. This incident follows a similar gas leak at the same facility on December 22, 2020, which also resulted in 2 deaths and 10 injuries. With April being the traditional maintenance period for Indian urea plants, this accident may lead other facilities to advance their shutdown schedules for safety inspections, potentially affecting domestic urea supply. Safety practices and aging infrastructure at industrial plants remain critical concerns.

On Tuesday, an explosion occurred at IFFCO's Phulpur nitrogen fertilizer plant in Uttar Pradesh. At present, 2 people were killed and 16 people were injured.

The cause of the explosion is suspected to be an ammonia tank explosion caused by a natural gas pipeline leak. The two-day nitrogen fertilizer production line of the plant was built in 1981 and 1997 respectively. At present, the annual production capacity of urea is 1.7 million tons and the annual production capacity of liquid ammonia is 1 million tons.

As early as December 22, 2020, the plant had a natural gas pipeline leak. At that time, 2 people were killed and 10 people were injured.

April is the traditional maintenance season for domestic urine plants in India. The incident may prompt other urine plants in India to enter the shutdown period ahead of schedule this year.

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