Koch Fertilizer tagets 15% expansion
Wichita, Kansas. – Koch Fertilizer has retained Black & Veatch to help developing numerous projects to increase its North American production.
Koch Fertilizer is targeting to boost production by more than 2 million t/y an expansion of 15% from its present capacity of 13 million t/y through production enhancements and new capacity capital expenditure.
Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting and construction (EPC) company.
At initial stages of these projects Black & Veatch will focus on production enhancements within Koch Fertilizer’s nitrogen production facilities in Ft. Dodge, Iowa; Dodge City, Kansas.; Beatrice, Nebraska.; Enid, Oklahoma.; and Brandon, Manitoba.
With crop production continuing to increase, the demand for fertilizer is also increasing.
Koch Fertilizer is also investing in its terminal distribution system including adding:
– An ammonia terminal in Conway, Kansas
– A dry and liquid fertilizer terminal in Stockton, California
– Various other liquid and dry storage projects across the USA and Canada.
Driven by rapid changes in technology and a shortened application period for fertilizer, Koch Fertilizer focuses on expanding storage and distribution system to meet the supply demands.
Koch Fertilizer’s distribution system consists of more than 60 terminals within North America.
A variety of products are moved through its distribution system, including ammonia, urea, liquid fertilizer, phosphate, potash, and sulfur-based products.
Koch Fertilizer in brief
Koch Fertilizer, LLC and its subsidiaries own or have interests in nitrogen fertilizer plants in the USA, Canada, and Trinidad and Tobago.
The companies cover global demand through state-of-the-art terminals in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, France and the United Kingdom.
Koch Fertilizer has the capability to market and distribute more than 13 million t/y of fertilizer products.
Koch Fertilizer’s expanded product portfolio includes ammonia, urea, UAN, phosphate, potash, and sulfur-based products, in addition to a variety of high-performance fertilizers and blended fertilizers.
The firm employs 50,000 people in the USA and another 20,000 in 59 other countries.
In 2011, Forbes ranked Koch Fertilizer the second largest privately held company in the USA (after Cargill), with an annual revenue of about $98 billion, from the first position in 2006.
With the support of the EPC company Black & Veatch, Koch Fertilizer is aiming at restoring its Market Leadership.
