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Jamuna Fertiliser Factory

500 MT production loss a day due to gas crisis

Mirza Shaku., back from Tarakandi. Jamalpur
Jamuna Fertiliser Factory (JFF) incurs a production loss of 500 tones of urea in a day due to less supply of gas.
The largest urea factory in the country resumed production on September 11 after suspension of four days due leakage in boiler tube in its ammonia plant.
The factory produced a record 5,20,000 tonnes of urea in last financial year (2007-2008) against its normal capacity of 5,00,000 tones.
But it could not sustain the production due to low gas pressure for last few months.
Its installed production capacity is 1,700 tonnes a day, which is about 5,60,000 tonnes a year.
Factory sources said 46 MSCFD of natural gas is required as raw materials per day but the supply has been reduced to 30 MSCFD.
They said 26.00kg/cm2g gas
pressure is required to produce 1,700 tonnes of urea a day. It can not produce more than 1,200 tonnes with a gas pressure of I7.87kg/cm2g, they said.
As a result, the factory would not be able to meet the production target of 5,00,000 tonnes in the current financial year.
Jahirul Hassan, general manager (production) of JFF, told The Daily Star yesterday that the gas problem started affecting produc tion since February and it turned acute since last week of July.
If this situation continues production will be about 1,50,000 tonnes less this year. To meet the shortage, government will have to import at least I k 1,000 crore urea, headded.
The gas problem is also causing damage to costly equipment and machinery, he said
The JFF at Tarakandi in Sarishabari upazila in Jamalpur district supplies urea in 20 districts including four districts in
greater Mymensingh through its 1,823 dealers since its establishment in 1991.
Admitting production loss, JFF Managing Director Mir Mozaffar Ali said he has been sending letters almost every week to Titas Gas authorities to resolve the gas problem and ensure smooth production, but to no result.
"Now we have no urea in our stock. We are maintaining supply from our daily production," he added.
Sources in Titas Gas Company, when contacted, said they cannot supplying gas to JFF as per its need due to lower production in the field.
Sources said the six factories in the country including the JFF can produce 20 lakh tones of urea a year against a total demand for 26 lakh tones.
Now, urea is imported at Tk 62,000 pet tonne and sold to farm -ers at Tk 10,000 per ton, giving a subsidy ofTk 52,000 per ton.