Urea Fertilizer Plant Project

New
Diplomacy
Regional Mining Hubs Development Program
Axis 1 : Competitive Economy

SO.1.2. Making extractive industries the catalyst for industrial Senegal

Funding (public et prive) :

900,000,000,000 FCFA

Project leader

Ministry of Industry and Commerce

Ministry of Industry and Trade

Project description

The project aims to build and operate a urea (nitrogen fertilizer) plant with a production capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per year in the Ndayane Special Economic Zone (SEZ), as part of the Petrochemical City/Energy City initiative. The plant will transform natural gas from offshore fields
(GTA / Yakaar–Teranga) transported through the Senegal Gas Network. The shareholding will include both public and private operators.

Intervention zones

🇸🇳 1 région(s) d'intervention
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Funding (public et prive)

900,000,000,000 FCFA

Overall Objective

  •  Build and operate a urea plant with a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per year

Specific Objectives

  • Valorise/transform Senegalese domestic natural gas
  • Ensure Senegal’s self-sufficiency in urea (N fertilizer)
  • Export urea to the United States, Brazil and West Africa

Expected results

  • 1.2 million tonnes of urea are produced annually
  • 4,000 jobs created during the construction phase
  • 400 jobs created during the operational phase
  • Improved cereal yields (rice, wheat, maize)

Key milestones

Agenda National de Transformation 2050