Kazazot Prime has commissioned Técnicas Reunidas to provide comprehensive project management services (“Project Management Consultancy” or PMC) for the large ammonia and urea complex it is driving in Aktau, the capital of the Mangystau province, in the southwest of Kazakhstan.
This Thursday, the Spanish engineering company explained in a statement that this is its first PMC-type contract in Kazakhstan, a milestone that, in its view, marks the start “of a new range of specialized services with high added value for its clients in the region”.
The Aktau industrial complex will include units to produce ammonia, urea, nitric acid, and ammonium nitrate, along with auxiliary installations, general services, storage areas, bagging systems, and dispatch equipment.
The plant will have annual capacity of 660,000 tonnes of ammonia, 577,500 tonnes of urea, 395,000 tonnes of nitric acid, and 500,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. According to Técnicas Reunidas, these volumes will place it as the country’s largest combined fertilizer production facility.
Under the contract with Kazazot, Técnicas Reunidas will assume the management, supervision, and coordination of the complete development of the project, covering the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closure phases, and will act on Kazazot’s behalf before the main contractor responsible for the physical execution of the works.
The agreement, effective since last October and valid until the plant enters operation, involves the assignment of a technical and management team, with the possibility of being expanded depending on the needs of the project, as the company has detailed.
The award, the amount of which has not been made public, strengthens the collaboration between Kazazot and Técnicas Reunidas, which already in January 2023 closed a contract to develop the design engineering (FEED) for this same facility.
Up to 400 million euros in services contracts
This new assignment by Kazazot is integrated into Técnicas Reunidas’ “Salta” strategic plan, which has among its pillars the drive for services contracts.
In this segment, the company estimates it will achieve awards close to 400 million euros across 2026 as a whole, which will allow it to solidify its goal of reaching 500 million euros in revenue from this type of activity in 2028.