Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 29

18-July-2005

Uae

Oman Chemicals To Build Ammonia Plant In Sharjah, With SajGas Feedstock

Oman Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals (OCP) is to establish a $200mn ammonia/urea plant in Sharjahs Hamriyah Free Zone Authority. OCP has signed a 25-year agreement with Sharjah-based Crescent Petroleum for the supply of 45mn cfd of natural gas. The first-phase production of 400,000 tons/year of ammonia will commence by April 2007 while phase two production of urea...