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ThyssenKrupp UhdeEngineering with ideas

Company Profi le 2012

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Our corporate philosophy “Engineering with ideas” runs like a leitmotif through all the success stories of the ThyssenKrupp Uhde group.Once again designed as a book of ideas with a personal touch, the ThyssenKrupp Uhde Company Profi le for 2012 documents the resourceful-ness of our engineers and charts our development to becoming an inter-national EPC contractor with a proprietary technology portfolio.With more than 2,000 plants to its credit, ThyssenKrupp Uhde is one of the world’s leading engineering companies in the design and construction of chemical, refining and other indus-trial plants.

We have affiliates, or local organisations, in all four corners of the globe. This worldwide network with over 5,900 employees is active in a number of different fields: fertilisers, electrolysis, gas technologies, oil, coal and residue gasification, refining technologies, or-ganic intermediates, polymers and synthetic fibres, and also coke plant and high-pressure technologies.

Here at ThyssenKrupp Uhde, we are synonymous with cost-effective high-tech solutions in industrial plant construction and supply the entire range of services associated with an EPC contractor along with comprehensive service packages for the entire life cycle of your plants.

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Business AssociAtes“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” This quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is what I chose to inspire ThyssenKrupp Uhde to set a new course after the financial crisis. I hoped to change the mindset at the company and achieve greater internationality and better networking of our resources.

In the two previous company profiles, I took the opportunity to outline our vision of our company as an internationally successful plant contractor with the aim of winning your trust. We addressed and presented our competence in the art of engineering (2010) and design (2011) and this has met with a resounding response. In the present company profile (2012) we focus on our final design compe-tence and portray the company from a top view. This change in perspective aims to make clear how ThyssenKrupp Uhde has developed in the past three years. At the height of the boom years we overhauled our company and reinvented ourselves. Now that the financial crisis is over, we still stand for reliability and continuity and today we are in a much better position to develop new markets quickly, flexibly and competently, as the example of the shale gas revo-lution in the USA shows. That ThyssenKrupp Uhde is an efficient unit with an intelligent network of local organisations becomes clear in the reports of the past business year.

Let’s recall all that has happened over the past year. A number of major projects have been postponed, but the number of medium-sized and relatively small projects in the form of studies and basic work has increased. Risk assessment has now become a priority for projects, and project financing has thus become more challenging. Feedstock and energy price trends have also led to market shifts. But all in all, ThyssenKrupp Uhde has adapted extremely well to the changes by giving our local employees a

greater role in what we do. Our employees are our capital. Without the expertise of our 5,900 members of staff we would not be able to bid, build and be successful around the world.

We aspire to unity in diversity. Cultural differences, the ability to analyse one’s own attitudes and a clear understanding of the international EPC business are all traits shared by our employees. They are our face and every day they demonstrate great commitment to our customers in working to solve the challenges on our construction sites. Without their loyalty and their skills we would only be half as good for they are what makes ThyssenKrupp Uhde a leading name in plant contracting. We want to keep it that way, too, so we aim to recruit the best people and offer them excellent perspectives at our company.

As you know, we have restructured the company, our research and development regarding new and better products has been significantly improved, and our ship has set course. We have increased our com- petitiveness by improving our processes. Our facts and figures bear witness to this: During the period under review, from October 2011 to September 2012, our sales figures and orders in hand have remained almost the same. Especially now, in a tough economic market environment where deci-sions are often made all too quickly, we are focusing on longevity and a stable course. Our reputation and our good name depend on your trust in our services.

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You will see as you read this company profile that we have not being standing still in the past few months, but have continued to develop. The vision of “One Uhde” is no longer a promise, but has systematically and enthusiastically continued to be implemented at our company during the past few years.

Our success relies on our professionalism, our focused project management, our high safety and quality standards and, of course, our technological competence. It is these things that have created stable business relations with our customers that have grown up over decades.

We are on the right course and are in a position to offer and execute small, medium-sized and larger projects efficiently and cost-consciously. For us, flexibility, quality and service go without saying. At the same time, we are pursuing a clear growth strategy, which also extends to our employees. We are starting a recruitment drive at our local organisations in the regions. At the same time we will be building up sufficient capacities at our head office in Dortmund and elsewhere in Germany so that we remain able to satisfy growing customer requirements in future, too. Where necessary, we will continue to expand our portfolio in line with our strategic planning objectives as with the acquisition of Energy & Power for our oil and gas business in 2011. Furthermore, we are now part of the new Industrial Solutions Business Area within the ThyssenKrupp Group, into which Marine Systems was also integrated at the beginning of 2013. Together with our sister companies in the Group we have more than 20,000 employees develop-ing more and even better solutions for the EPC business.

Our name has always been synonymous with top quality, reliability and first-class “German engineer-ing”. We are rightly proud of being a company that demonstrates our quality standards and our resourcefulness every single day.

In my opinion, ThyssenKrupp Uhde is a very special company in the international EPC business. I believe we are unique in what we offer and what we can do and we set ourselves apart from our competitors in that we can offer our enthusiasm, our engineering skills, our proprietary processes and construction partners on a local basis. We have been doing so for over 90 years and now have over 2,000 plants to our credit.

Wherever you are in the world and whatever your EPC needs, we are the company to contact be-cause, as I said at the beginning, we consider our-selves to be experts with a clear understanding of delivering holistic projects and processes in an ever more complex world. We not only know how to build a ship and navigate the seas, we also long for the “endless immensity of the sea” and are passionate about the plant contracting business.

The members of the Executive Board are aware that our success is the success of our employees and we would therefore like to thank all employees for their outstanding performance and commitment. But we are also deeply indebted to you, our esteemed business associates, for your trust in our compe-tence and it is therefore our pleasure to assist you in achieving your goals. I am convinced that with our “Engineering with ideas” we can develop, shape and improve a piece of the future for our customers.

Dr. Michael ThiemannChairman of the Executive Board

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Sluiskil (Netherlands) UTC+1 51° 16´ N / 003° 50´ EEurope’s biggest urea plant for the production of 3,500 t/day of urea is on stream after a construction period of three years.

Europe’s biggest urea plant comes on stream In Sluiskil, Netherlands, ThyssenKrupp Uhde commis-sions Europe’s biggest urea plant. The plant for the production of 3,500 t/day of urea solution is for Yara of Norway, the world’s biggest producer of urea. The plant is handed over to the customer in October 2011 after a construction period of three years. Yara invested 400 million euros in its construction.

ThyssenKrupp Uhde acquires Otto CorporationAs part of its drive to expand its market presence in the field of coke plant technologies, ThyssenKrupp Uhde acquires the Tokyo-based company, Otto Corporation. Otto Corporation, whose process portfolio fits ideally with ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s fields of activity, will in fu-ture trade in Japan as a wholly owned subsidiary under the name of ThyssenKrupp Otto.

Pohang (South Korea) UTC+9 36° 02´ N / 129° 34´ EThe steel producer POSCO bestows the “Supplier of the Year” title on ThyssenKrupp Uhde for the second time. Our employee, Arkadius Gorski, accepts the prize on behalf of ThyssenKrupp Uhde.

POSCO honours ThyssenKrupp UhdePOSCO bestows the “Supplier of the Year” title on ThyssenKrupp Uhde. This is the second time we have received the award in over 20 years of stable business relations between the two companies. All of the coke oven plants at Pohang and Gwangyang in South Korea were built by us. This time the award acknowledges, in particular, the successful supply and commission-ing of a new coke oven plant by ThyssenKrupp Uhde in South Korea.

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Singapore UTC+8 1° 28´ S / 103° 84´ ECell Generation 6 has already been installed at a chlorine plant for CIFEL Singapore.

Wales (UK) UTC+0 52° 13´ N / 003° 77´ EH.M. Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, D. Byron Lewis Esq., CStJ, FCA, Queen Elizabeth II’s official representative, presents ThyssenKrupp Uhde Energy and Power with the “Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade”.

Consistent expansion of the Oil & Gas busi-nessThyssenKrupp Uhde strengthens its capabilities in the global Oil & Gas business through the acquisition of Energy and Power Global Limited (E&P) and its subsid-iaries. ThyssenKrupp Uhde will use the newly acquired company with headquarters in London and Wales as the central hub for all engineering and consulting ac-tivities in the global oil and gas business. Energy and Power provides engineering services to support project development from project screening through to sanc-tion and into project delivery.

Chlor-alkali electrolysis technology for AkzoNobelAt the Frankfurt-Höchst industrial estate, AkzoNobel wishes to convert an amalgam electrolysis plant to the modern membrane process and commissions ThyssenKrupp Uhde to design and supply the energy-saving “Uhde single elements”. This extensive conver-sion project involves replacing the existing amalgam cells with membrane electrolysers. The new plant will increase annual production capacity by around 50 % to 250,000 tonnes of chlorine and 275,000 tonnes of caustic soda solution. Commissioning is scheduled for late 2013.

Generation 6 improves the operating effi ciency of electrolysis plantsThyssenKrupp Uhde introduces its new Generation 6 “Uhde single element” design at ACHEMA in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on a 400 m² exhibition stand along-side its interactive Book of Ideas. This new Generation 6 is a systematic improvement of Generation 4 and 5 electrolysis cells. The new technology jointly devel-oped by UHDENORA and Industrie de Nora provides improved energy consumption and an enlarged active electrode surface area without changing the basic single-element concept.

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2012AcHeMAMagic book of ideas spellbinds ACHEMA visitorsIt was almost like performing magic, being able to move something simply by waving your left or right hand. The pages of the big, interactive book of ideas turning over silently and effortlessly as if on their own. A film starting just by moving your arm. Visitors stopped and gathered round the red book on the ThyssenKrupp Uhde stand, fascinated by the technology. “Hey, how do they do that?” asked one. “That’s just amazing,” said another and pulled out his smartphone to record the spectacle. The interactive book of ideas was the central feature of ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s exhibition stand at ACHEMA 2012 and it was a real attention-grabber. The response of both visi-tors and ThyssenKrupp Uhde employees was impressive. The design of the light, open stand was welcoming and it quickly filled up with visitors and those whose interest had been aroused. Contacts were made and discussions were held on new technologies, reference plants and career opportunities. Groups of students visited for a tour of the stand to gather information on the company and its range of services. All in all, it was a roaring success for ThyssenKrupp Uhde.

“ACHEMA continues to have a huge impact,” said Dr. Michael Thiemann, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Uhde and Chairman of the ACHEMA Committee. Other exhibitors also said they were satisfied with the number and quality of the visitors. For many the exhib-ition proved much better than in 2009 and even better than in 2006 before the crisis. “We will be here again in 2015, as well,” said Dr. Thiemann. “ACHEMA has become a tradition for ThyssenKrupp Uhde and that will not change.”

Over the five days of the exhibition, 167,000 guests visited the 3,773 exhibitors who were showcasing their products and services in an exhibition space totalling 136,400 m2. On show there was everything the chemical, process engineering and biotechnology sectors need, from laboratory equipment, components and the EPC business to packaging lines. This ACHEMA was also more international than ever before with representatives from 56 foreign countries making up almost half of the exhibitors. ACHEMA is the keynote event for the process industry. Globalisation not only means that Europeans and Americans go to Asia but also that Asian exhibitors and visitors are increasingly coming to Europe. Alongside the exhibition, the ACHEMA congress was also very well visited and with more than 900 presentations it offered a diverse, cutting-edge, high-profile congress programme that reflected the full spec-trum of process technology.

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rAnge oF serVices

ThyssenKrupp Uhde provides its customers with a comprehensive range of services in the construction of industrial plants, from market studies through to product marketing.

Our global competences

We conduct a full feasibility analysis: from the infrastructure through to the end products.

MARKET STUDIES

We provide innovative engineering solutions backed by experience and state-of-the-art tools.

ENGINEERING

We provide global services from a single source.

SERVICES

We are on the spot: reliably, quickly and effi ciently.

CIVIL WORKS AND ERECTION

We put together the best fi nancing package for your project: tailor-made and international.

FINANCING

We manage your investment eff ectively.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

We source materials on the international market.

INTERNATIONAL PROCUREMENT

We ensure a perfect start: for commissioning and beyond.

COMMISSIONING

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Alfred Hoffmann Business Unit TechnologyFertiliser, Base Chemicals, Polymers, Research & Development

Helmut Knauthe Business Unit ContractingAsia-Pacific, Europe/Africa, India/MENA, Americas, Business Line Oil & Gas

Dr. Michael ThiemannChairman of the Executive Board

Dr. Savas Lazaridis Business Unit ImplementationGlobal Project Management, Global Engineering, Global Procurement, Global Construction Management, Global Information Technology

Klaus SchneidersSpecial Projects

Dr. Uwe KinskiBusiness Unit Finance & AdministrationAccounting & Controlling, Commercial & Controlling, Human Resources, Legal & Insurance

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FActs & Figures 2012

FACTS & FIGURES 2010/2011 (€ IN MILLIONS) FACTS & FIGURES 2011/2012 (€ IN MILLIONS)

Order intake 1,613.3 Order intake 1,122.5Sales* 1,427.6 Sales* 1,330.2Orders in hand 2,977.8 Orders in hand 2,802.7

Order intake in terms of engineering hours (million) 5.8 Order intake in terms of engineering hours (million) 5.1Equity 556.6 Equity 583.5

ORDER INTAKE OF THE THySSENKRUPP UHDE GROUP 2011/2012

Asia-Pacifi c 26.0%Europe/Africa 40.0%India/Middle East 18.3%Americas 15.7%

NET SALES OF THE THySSENKRUPP UHDE GROUP 2011/2012* (* acc. to IFRS)

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ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH and its affi liates in Germany and abroad (consolidated companies)

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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THySSENKRUPP UHDE

TECHNOLOGy BUSINESS UNIT

Fertiliser Ammonia Urea Nitrates

Base Chemicals Hydrogen Electrolysis Coke plant technologies Gas technologies

Polymers Biotechnologies Organic chemicals Polymers

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Asia-Pacifi c Uhde Shedden (Australia) Uhde Eng. Consulting (Shanghai) ThyssenKrupp Otto

Melbourne (Australia) Shanghai (P.R. China) Tokyo (Japan)

Uhde (Thailand)

Bangkok (Thailand)

Europe ThyssenKrupp Uhde Eng. Services OOO Uhde Uhde Edeleanu

Bad Soden/Taunus (Germany) Dzerzhinsk (Russia) Brno (Czech Republic)

Haltern (Germany)

ThyssenKrupp Uhde Energy and Power

London/Port Talbot (UK)

India/MENA Uhde India Uhde Engineering Egypt Uhde Arabia

Mumbai/Pune (India) Cairo (Egypt) Al Khobar (Saudi Arabia)

Americas Uhde Engineering de México Uhde Corporation of America Uhde do Brasil

Mexico City (Mexico) Pittsburgh, PA (USA) Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

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Sub-Sahara ThyssenKrupp PDNA Engineering

Johannesburg (South Africa)

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Elevator Technology

Components Technology

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01 thyssenkrupp uhde gmbH Dortmund (Germany)

02 thyssenkrupp uhde gmbH Bad Soden/Taunus (Germany)

03 thyssenkrupp uhde gmbH Ennigerloh (Germany)

04 uhde High Pressure technologies gmbH Hagen (Germany)

05 thyssenkrupp uhde engineering services Haltern (Germany)

06 thyssenkrupp uhde gmbH Leuna (Germany)

07 uhde inventa-Fischer gmbH Berlin (Germany)

08 uhde inventa-Fischer Ag Domat /Ems (Switzerland)

09 uhde Fertilizer technology B. V. Roermond (Netherlands)

10 thyssenkrupp uhde energy & Power London, Port Talbot (UK)

11 uHDenorA s. p. A. Milan (Italy)

12 uhde do Brasil ltda. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

13 uhde engineering de México s. A. de c. V. Mexico City (Mexico)

14 uhde corporation of America Bridgeville, Pittsburgh, PA; Houston, TX (USA)

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18 ooo uhde Dzerzhinsk (Russia)

19 uhde A Division of thyssenkrupp PDnA engineering (Pty) ltd. Sunninghill, Johannesburg (South Africa)

20 uhde engineering egypt co. s. A. e. Cairo (Egypt)

21 uhde Arabia ltd. Al Khobar (Saudi Arabia)

22 thyssenkrupp technologies techcenter Middle east Dubai (UAE)

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

23 uhde india Private ltd. Mumbai, Pune (India)

24 uhde (thailand) ltd. Bangkok, Map Ta Phut (Thailand)

25 uhde rep. c/o thyssenkrupp Ag Rep.Office Hanoi (Vietnam)

26 uhde engineering consulting (shanghai) co. ltd. Shanghai (P.R. China)

27 UhdeBeijingRepresentativeOffice Beijing (P.R. China)

28 kePco-uhde inc. Seoul (South Korea)

29 thyssenkrupp otto Tokyo (Japan)

30 uhde shedden (Australia) Pty. ltd. Melbourne, Brisbane (Australia)

SOUTH-EAST ASIA, PACIFIC REGION AND AUSTRALIACENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

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2015 The USA will become the world’s largest gas producer

2010 US energy imports fall below 50 %

2017 The USA will become the world’s largest oil producer

In the last ten years shale gas exploitation in the USA has risen sharply. In some parts it has even increased six-fold. There seems to be no end to the shale gas boom in sight. In a study from January 2012, the American Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimated that the production of shale gas will more than double in the USA by 2035 and will then make up almost half of the gas produced.

1980 Natural gas plays an increasingly important role in the world market

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What impact will the shale gas revolution in the USA have on ThyssenKrupp Uhde as a plant contractor?Thiemann: Shale gas exploration has indeed been a great catalyst for the world market and has led to low gas prices in the USA. It has set off a wave of activities, the first of which is being felt now. It involves the construction of plants in which shale gas can be used without having to be upgraded, e.g. power plants and fertiliser plants. We are expecting the second wave to hit in the next four to five years based on the gas cracker capacities which are now in the pipeline and which will supply olefins for building-block chemicals. In some cases the upgrading technologies needed are already available. A direct result will be the construction of polyethylene plants, polypropylene plants and other basic plastics plants. And I am sure the gas-to-liquids route will again attract the interest of the fuel industry in the USA.

What strategy do you intend to adopt in ap-proaching this topic? Thiemann: The fact is that only those who approach the first phase correctly will be around to compe-te in the second. Therefore, it is crucial to be at the forefront of these developments, and at ThyssenKrupp Uhde we think we have a good chance of being up there with the leaders.

you have already won your first orders for fertiliser plants and there are more in the evalu-ation phase – is this a golden opportunity for ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s ammonia and urea business? Thiemann: Major projects are now being launched which aim to make America’s fertiliser industry independent of imports. A neck-and-neck race for these projects has broken out. In October 2012

we won a project in Iowa to carry out the basic engineering for a new liquid fertiliser plant with a production capacity of 4,300 t/day on behalf of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI). This will be one of the two largest single-train UAN plants in the world. We are carrying out the engineering for six of the total seven process plants and supplying the required process equipment and machinery. Our proprietary processes are being used in the nitric acid, ammonium nitrate and UAN plants. This is the first shale-gas-based contract for our company and we believe we have a good chance of winning more.

Is this an opportunity to break the dominance of American plant contractors in the USA?Thiemann: We’ll use the first wave to refocus our activities in America by establishing project management and erection capacities as well as procurement structures. We currently have 30 to 40 shale-gas-dependent projects on our project list. We won the Iowa project on the basis of our technological strength and we are convinced that this strength will enable us to come out on top when the next projects are awarded, too. Our strong focus on technology has paid off against American competitors who are conventional non-technology-oriented general contractors.

In a recent interview the Chairman of ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s Execu-tive Board, Dr. Michael Thiemann, talked about the impact the shale gas boom has had on ThyssenKrupp Uhde and its volume of orders.

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Dr. Michael Thiemann talks about the shale gas revolution coming in three waves. He says that fertilisers can be produced from the shale gas without the need for signifi cant engineering in-vestment. Fertiliser plants are following the growth trend in the world’s population and, just like power generation facilities, are part of the fi rst wave in shale gas exploration.

As 80 % of the raw materials costs feed through to the production costs, it does not take a genius to see that even small price differences have a huge impact. Accord-ing to the rating agency, Fitch, numerous international chemical companies are investing money in the construc-tion of ethane crackers. This is heralding the start of the second wave predicted by ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s CEO, Dr. Thiemann.

Unlimited shale gas reservesShale gas reserves really do seem to be unlimited, and the exploitation of gas fields that are of interest to ethyleneproducers is only just beginning. But there can be big dif-ferences in shale gas. A distinction is made between dry and wet shale gas. Dry gas contains almost pure methane with small quantities of longer-chain hydrocarbons. Prior to use, water merely needs to be removed from the gas and it can then be fed into the gas grid or an ammonia plant. Dry shale gas formations are currently being tapped. But it is the wet gas deposits that are really exciting as, alongside methane, they also contain LNG, ethane and crude oil – enough feedstocks for the planned gas crackers.

The market in the USA is currently undergoing a complete realignment. ThyssenKrupp Uhde has the opportunity to gain a foothold in this market due its technological capabilities. A prime example is the contract awarded to ThyssenKrupp Uhde by CF Industries in October 2012, which was closely followed by a second in early Novem-ber. The fertiliser producer is expanding its operations in Donaldsonville and Port Neale, and increasing its urea, ammonia, UAN and nitric acid capacities. The two projects, in which ThyssenKrupp Uhde processes will be employed, involve ThyssenKrupp Uhde rendering basic and detail engineering, procurement, delivery services, and services during construction and commissioning.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg. The American Chem-ical Council estimates that the shale gas boom has now triggered a total investment volume of USD 25 billion.

A strong demand for ethane crackers?This projection is driven by a global ethylene production of some 160 million tonnes in 2012. Since without eth-ylene the chemical and plastics industries would fall apart: Packaging, car seats, cable sheaths, buckets and many other things are based on this commodity chemical. World-wide demand is growing unabated.

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exploitation and production on the rise

The production of shale oil is rising rapidly alongside shale gas exploitation.

In its global energy forecast, World Energy Outlook 2012, the International Energy Agency states that “the global energy map is changing in dramatic fashion”. It says the main contributing factor is the unconventional oil and gas reserves in the United States. Firstly, these will enable the country to become independent of energy imports and, at the same time, make it “the biggest oil producer in the world by 2017”.

In view of the extraordinary growth in US oil and gas exploitation, the report speaks of a funda-mental change in global energy supply chains. It says that due to developments in the market for unconventional natural gas it is expected that by 2020 the USA will be a net exporter of natural gas and as early as 2035 will become independent of energy imports.

While the regional balance of power is changing, “global energy demand will rise further, by up to a third by 2035”.

In the Bakken Shale Formation in the US states of North Dakota and Montana alone, oil production has risen from nothing to around 500,000 barrels a day (one barrel equals 159 litres) within six years. This is equivalent to approximately one-third of Libya’s production volume. It means that North Dakota is already producing more oil than Alaska and production will continue to rise sharply. As a result, there has already been a significant drop in US oil imports. A ten-year low of 8.8 million barrels a day has now been reached.

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Sweden 83 tcf

Russia 200-300 tcf

Poland 187 tcf

Turkey 15 tcf

Germany 8 tcf

France 180 tcf

UK 20 tcf

Norway 83 tcf

Netherlands 17 tcf

europe now set to follow suitThe situation in the USA will also have an impact in Europe. In November 2012 the Members of the European Parliament declared themselves in favour of the ongoing exploration and exploitation of shale gas.

tcf = trillion cubic feet

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Base Chemicals Hydrogen 29

electrolysis 30–31

coke Plant technologies 32–33

gas technologies 34–35

TECHNOLOGyBusiness unit

Fertiliser Ammonia & urea 26–27

nitrates 28

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Polymers Biotechnologies 36–37

organic chemicals & Polymers 38–39

Polyester, Polyamides & Bioplastics 40–41

High-pressure technologies 42–43

research and Development 44–45

Research and Development

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Our activities ThyssenKrupp Uhde

The shale gas revolution in North America has generated a rising demand for natural-gas-based plants in the USA for ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s Ammonia & Urea technology division. In February 2012 ThyssenKrupp Uhde was awarded an engineering contract for a major Ammonia and Liquid Fertiliser Complex in the southern USA, and in July this was followed by a second engin-eering contract for a similar complex in the Midwest.

In September 2012 the international fertiliser group Orascom Nitrogen International awarded ThyssenKrupp Uhde a contract for the construc-tion of a major Liquid Fertiliser Complex in Wever, Iowa, USA. Liquid urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) fertiliser is produced from ammonia and carbon dioxide, with the intermediates being urea solution, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate. ThyssenKrupp Uhde will be carrying out the engineering for six of the total seven process plants and supplying the required process equipment and machinery. An additional product, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), a urea solution for the environment-friendly cleaning of diesel exhaust, will also be produced at the new complex. The scope of the contract also includes a plant for the production of urea granules, which will apply Uhde Fertilizer Technology’s (UFT’s) process. Commissioning is scheduled for 2015.

In Sluiskil, Netherlands, ThyssenKrupp Uhde com-missioned Europe’s biggest Urea Plant, which was built for Yara. The product will be used as technical-grade urea for cleaning diesel exhaust from cars and, above all, trucks.

In Arzew (Algeria) we have completed one of the two ammonia trains and the urea plant for our Algerian/Egyptian customer, Sonatrach Fertilizer Corporation (SORFERT).

AMMoniA & ureA

AMMONIA & UREA IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Engineering contract for a major Ammonia and Liquid Fertiliser (UAN) complex in southern USA

· Engineering contract for an Ammonia and Liquid Fertiliser Complex in Midwestern USA

· Engineering contract for a major Liquid Fertiliser Plant in Iowa (USA)

Sites and commissionings

· Sluiskil (Netherlands): Commissioning of a Urea Plant

· Arzew (Algeria): Commissioning of Ammonia and Urea Plants

· Ruwais (U.A.E.): Pre-commissioning of an Ammonia-Urea Plant

· Damietta (Egypt): Work on construction site suspended due to political unrest

R&D activities

· Low-energy concepts

· Autothermal Reformer (ATR) for large-scale plants

· Continuous improvement of UFT’s granulation process, focusing on reducing investment and operating costs as well as lowering emissions

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Fertiliser

Arzew (Algeria) UTC +1 35° 85´ S / 000° 32´ EThe ammonia-urea complex for the customer SORFERT comprises a UFT urea granulation unit.

uhde Fertilizer technologyIn 2012 Uhde Fertilizer Technology B. V. (UFT) was able to follow on smoothly from the success of the past two business years. The main reasons for this were the successful completion of ongoing contracts, including the commissioning of three UFT Granulation Units, and the granting of two more licences, each for a Urea Fluidised-Bed Granulation Unit, as well as the award of three more engineering packages.

The QAFCO V and QAFCO VI Granulation Units that were commissioned are currently the world’s biggest on-stream granulation units, and they stand out for their exceptional performance and excellent product quality. The QAFCO V Granulation Unit, designed for a capacity of 3,850 tonnes of urea granules a day (mtpd), has already achieved a production of over 4,200 mtpd. With this plant UFT has set new standards in urea granulation. A further Granulation Unit with a capacity of 4,200 mtpd has already been ordered.

Intensive research and development work has led to further optimisation of the UFT technologies for abating urea dust and ammonia emissions in granulation units, thus enabling these emissions to be kept well within the statutory limits.

Growth with improved environmental compatibility

Technology portfolio

Synthesis gas generation

Steam reforming

Autothermal reforming

Combined autothermal

reforming (CAR®)

Synthesis gas products

Ammonia

Nitrogenous fertilisers

Urea

Business Unit Technology ThyssenKrupp Uhde

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Sasolburg (South Africa) UTC +2 26° 48´ S / 027° 49´ EConstruction work on the nitric acid/ammonium nitrate plant being built by ThyssenKrupp Uhde for Omnia Holding in Sasolburg (South Africa) is making good progress.

nitrAtesThe market for hydrogen and synthesis gas plants, as well as for nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plants, has been volatile and dynamic. On the one hand, there is a persistent trend towards energy-optimised plants that can be operated flexibly, whilst on the other there has been a definite shift in the markets in natural gas production regions as a result of the increased use of shale gas. Against this background the product groups in the Hydrogen & Nitrates Division have experienced an increase in activity and new engineering contracts in the past business year.

Customised plants for demanding markets

A 1,000 t/day Nitric Acid plant for Omnia at Sasol-burg (South Africa) and another for HuChems in Yeosu (South Korea) came on stream. The HuChems plant is the next chapter in decades of cooperation between this company and ThyssenKrupp Uhde. The two plants emit approximately 1.4 million t/year less CO

2-equivalent greenhouse gas as a result of

the ThyssenKrupp Uhde EnviNOx® system. This is equal to the annual amount emitted by around 600,000 cars with an average mileage of 15,000 km a year.

Nitric acid plants: quick and feedstock-effi cient

Working with Uhde Shedden (Australia), ThyssenKrupp Uhde has successfully commis-sioned a plant complex for the production of 300,000 t/year of Low-Density Ammonium Nitrate (LDAN) for the joint venture between PT Armindo (Indonesia) and Orica Pty Ltd. (Australia). Tech-nically similar plant complexes with a capacity of 200,000 t/year are currently in the erection or engineering phase for our clients Egyptian Carbon Holding (EHC) (Egypt) and Mining Chemical Industry Holding Corporation Ltd. (MICCO) (Vietnam).

LDAN complex: reliable and integrated

ThyssenKrupp Uhde successfully booked an order for a 2,000 t/day production plant for calcium ammonium nitrate for our client Bagfas in Turkey as well as an engineering contract with CF Industries for a Nitric Acid and UAN liquid fertiliser production plant at its site in Donaldsonville, Louisiana (USA).

Nitrate fertiliser plants: fl exible and cost-effi cient

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Synthesis gas generation

Steam reforming

Autothermal reforming

Combined autothermal

reforming (CAR®)

Synthesis gas products

Methanol

Hydrogen

Carbon monoxide

Oxo-synthesis gas

Mineral acids

Nitric acid

N2O/NO

x abatement

(EnviNOx®)

Mineral fertilisers

Ammonium nitrate/CAN, UAN

Compound fertilisers

DAP, NP, NPK

Fertiliser / Base Chemicals

HyDROGEN & NITRATES IN BRIEF

New contracts

· EnviNOx®: Radici (Italy)

DSM Nanjing (P.R. China)

· Nitrates: CAN: Bagfas (Turkey)

LDAN: Vinacomin (Vietnam)

UAN: CFI (USA)

· Hydrogen: Synthesis Gas: Sundrop Fuels (USA) Methanol: Sundrop Fuels (USA)


· Nitrates: EHC (Egypt)

AS AlexFert (Egypt)

HuChems (South Korea)

Orica (Indonesia)

Omnia (South Africa)

· Hydrogen: IOCL (India)

Valero, Port Arthur (USA)

Valero, St. Charles (USA)

R&D activities

· Minimisation of nitric acid plant emissions

HYDrogenThe high energy efficiency, flexibility, and high avail-ability of the steam reforming process developed by ThyssenKrupp Uhde are decisive advantages for our alliance partner, Praxair. A new Hydrogen plant for Praxair is nearing completion in Paradeep (India). Two other Hydrogen plants for Praxair are currently under construction in the USA, at Port

Arthur (Texas) and St. Charles (Louisiana). In the same country, ThyssenKrupp Uhde was awarded an engineering contract for a Synthesis Gas plant with a capacity of 120,000 Nm3/h and a down-stream Methanol plant. The methanol produced (1,300 t/day) at this plant is to be converted to fuel in an additional step using the MTG process.

Hydrogen and synthesis gas: energy-effi cient and low in emissions


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Singapore UTC +8 01° 27´ S / 103° 84´ EUHDENORA has built a 37,500 t/year chlorine plant based on Cell Generation 6 for CIFEL Singapore.

electrolYsis

UHDENORA and ThyssenKrupp Uhde presented its sixth generation of electrolysis cells to a gather-ing of professionals from the chlorine-producing industry in June 2012 and announced the market maturity of this latest development. In close co-operation with UHDENORA and Industrie Denora, ThyssenKrupp Uhde has once again improved the cost-effectiveness of the Uhde single-element technology and can thus continue to offer its cus-tomers a lucrative, innovative product in the coming years. Successful implementation of an “elastic element” in the proven “Uhde single-element” design has led to a number of improve-ments, such as an enlarged active electrode sur-face area, which results in a lower specific energy consumption without the need to forego the advan-tages of the conventional “Uhde single-element” design. UHDENORA and ThyssenKrupp Uhde have thus consolidated their technological lead over competitors.

Chinese customers awarded UHDENORA additional contracts for plant expansions (Shandong Befar) based on the latest V6-generation cell design and are thus reaping the benefits of this technology.

Cell Generation 6

AkzoNobel awarded a contract for the engineer-ing and supply of the latest ThyssenKrupp Uhde membrane cell technology to its Frankfurt/Höchst site – the location where the first Hoechst-Uhde membrane cell was once developed. Within the scope of the conversion and expansion project, ThyssenKrupp Uhde sixth-generation membrane cells will, for the first time, produce 250,000 tonnes of chlorine a year in Germany from early 2014.

Latest technology for AkzoNobel

For Vinnolit in Knapsack (Germany) ThyssenKrupp Uhde is upgrading 165 older-generation chlor-alkali electrolysis cell elements to the current state of the art, assuming full responsibility for all aspects of the upgrade for the first time. The scope of supplies and services for this service package includes all procurement, installation, logistics and commissioning services. While ongoing pro-duction is the sole responsibility of the operator, ThyssenKrupp Uhde is ensuring that the element upgrade goes smoothly.

Vinnolit Knapsack commissions upgrade

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Chlor-alkali electrolysis

- Conventional

membrane process

- Membrane process

with ODC technology

HCl electrolysis

- Diaphragm process

- Membrane process

with ODC technology

Chlorate electrolysis

Chlorine dioxide ClO

ELECTROLySIS IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Arkema Jarrie

· AkzoNobel (Gemany)

· Vinnolit (Germany): Full-service element upgrade

· Reliance Industries – in cooperation with Uhde India Private Ltd.: Element conversion from v2 to v5

· Bayer Caojing (P.R. China): HCl ODC

· QVC II (Qatar): Basic Engineering

· Elquim (Cuba): Basic Engineering

· Shandong Befar Group (P.R. China): 180,000 t/year of NaOH 100%

· XINJIANG SHENGXIONG ENERGY

· Produquimica Industria e Comercio (Brazil): 16,900 t/year of NaOH 100%

· Chemical Industries (Singapore): 39,500 t/year of NaOH 100%

· Hebei Shengua Chemical Industry (P.R. China): 80,000 t/year of NaOH 100%

R&D activities

· Commissioning of the first industrial BM2.7v6 electrolyser in December 2011 and market launch of BM2.7v6 in June 2012

· Plant design: skid-mounted plants

· Developments in the field of electrochemical energy storage with the redox flow battery

· NaCl ODC technology: Demonstration of industrial maturity on an industrial scale


· Solvay Lillo 2 (Belgium)

· Leuna-Harze (Germany)

· Yantai Juli (P.R. China)

· Bayer Uerdingen (Germany)

· CIFEL (Singapore)

· Vinnolit (Germany)

· Birla Renukoot (India)

· Grasim Nagda (India)

· PCC Rokita Brzeg Dolny (Poland)

· Solvay Tavaux (France)

· ACV Al-Jubail (Saudi-Arabia)

· Asahimas (Indonesia)

· Grasim Patalganga (India)

· Grasim Vilayat (India)

· PRODESAL (Columbia): 12,000 t/year of NaOH 100%

· Chemprod Nominees (Australia): 15,700 t/year of NaOH 100%

· Shaanxi Beiyuan Chemical Co. (P.R. China): 400,000 t/year of NaOH 100%

· Koruma Klor Alkali Sanayi Ve Ticaret (Turkey): 15,900 t/year of NaOH 100%

· Hebei Chengxin (P.R. China): 100,000 t/year of NaOH 100%

UHDENORA has won a contract for a skid-mounted plant for Produquimica Industria e Comercio in Brazil. This is now the second skid-mounted plant contract awarded to UHDENORA in the past two years, a clear sign that interest in this product is growing. Low energy costs in North America due to shale gas deposits are opening up the market to new opportunities for technological changes, plant expansions and new chlorine plants, including skid-mounted plants.

Skid-mounted plant concepts


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Base Chemicals

coke PlAnt tecHnologies

FORMOSA Plastics Group in Taiwan (China) is plan-ning to build a new steelworks in Vietnam. In the first expansion stage at the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel coke oven plant ThyssenKrupp Uhde is supervising construction of the complete Gas Treatment Unit after completing the basic engineering package. The TISCO group (Taiyuan Iron and Steel Corp.) in China commissioned ThyssenKrupp Uhde to engineer an additional battery. For MCC/Sakkaide in Japan ThyssenKrupp Uhde is continuing its hot repairs to the existing batteries. In April 2012 the

first single-chamber pressure control system in North America successfully went into operation at an old battery belonging to Essar Steel Algoma. In Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, USA, Germany and Brazil ThyssenKrupp Uhde employees are super-vising construction and commissioning activities at numerous construction sites.

Finally, the foundation stone for a new coke oven battery on the Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann site in Duisburg was laid in April 2012.

There has been a further increase in steel production: The new record now stands at 1.5 billion tonnes worldwide. Wherever steel is produced, coke is required and ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s Coke Plant Technologies Division is profi ting from this, just as it is from the ever more stringent environmental requirements that need to be met for revamps and new builds. ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s Coke Plant Technologies Division off ers the highest standard worldwide.

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Base Chemicals

Uhde Corporation of America (UCA) and ThyssenKrupp Uhde are jointly building a new Coke Oven Battery with the requisite Servicing Machines for US Steel, the biggest steel producer in the USA, at their site in Clairton (Pennsylvania). This project has great significance in the US market: The PROven® system with single-chamber pressure control is being used for the first time in a new battery in the USA and, for the first time in around 20 years, the US environmental agencies have approved the construction of a con-ventional coke oven battery, and certified it as “Best Available Control Technology”. This status is seen as the new benchmark that sets the trend for future projects.

The oven servicing machines were manufactured in Germany and transported to the USA. The first coal charging car was ready for use within a few days of being placed on the tracks at the coke oven battery. The heating-up process began in early August 2012 and the first coke was produced in November 2012, well before the actual contractually agreed date.

UCA was also awarded an additional contract to build two additional coke quenching towers for the same plant. Here, US Steel opted for ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s Low-Emission Wet Quenching (LEQT) technology to meet the stringent pollution control requirements. By devoting attention to a number of research and development topics, our Coke Plant Technologies Division ensures that it maintains and improves its technical edge throughout the world.

Setting a trend in the USA

COKE PLANT TECHNOLOGIES IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Taiwan: Formosa – Gas Treatment Unit for FHS (Vietnam)

· Taiwan: China Steel Corp. – Batteries (Hot Repair) and Gas Treatment (new Deacidifier)

· P.R. China: TISCO (Taiyuan) – Battery 3


· Taiwan: DSC (Taichung) – Phase 2 (Batteries + Gas Treatment Unit)

· South Korea: Hyundai Steel – Phase 3 (Batteries and Gas Treatment Unit)

· South Korea: POSCO (Gwangyang) – Phases 5A and 5B (Batteries and Gas Treatment Unit)

· Germany: HKM (Battery and Gas Treatment Unit)

· Japan: MCC-Sakaide – Hot Repair

· Japan: JFE (Kurashiki) – Battery

· USA: US Steel (Clairton) – Battery, Servicing Machines and Quenching Towers

· USA: US Steel (Granite City) – Quenching Tower

R&D activities

· Participation in ECOCARB – European project to optimise heating of coke ovens

· Optimisation of PROven® system

· New process for biological wastewater treatment

· Use of US clamp-on meters for coke oven water

· Further development of coke oven batteries with stamping operation

· Thermohydraulics of quenching tower

· 1D plate model for HR oven cake

· 3D model of lower part of HR oven

· Flow simulation in sole flue

· Alternative compacting process for heat recovery ovens


Coke oven batteries

Gas treatment plants

Coal and coke handling

Heat recovery cokemaking

Complete plants

Coke oven servicing machines

Emissions control systems

Technology services


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gAs tecHnologies

Dortmund (Germany) UTC+1 51° 30´ N / 007° 29´ E The Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj visited North Rhine-Westphalia accompanied by a major business delegation during a five-day state visit to Germany. On this occasion ThyssenKrupp Uhde and the representatives of the Mongolian government signed two Memoranda of Understanding on 31/03/2012.

In December 2010 ThyssenKrupp Uhde took over the High-Temperature Winkler (HTW) gasification process from RWE Power. The process is par-ticularly suited to the gasification of lignite, high-ash coals with high melting points, biomass and household waste. During almost four decades of development work for the commercialisation of the HTW technology, HTW plants were built for lignite gasification for methanol production in Germany, for biomass gasification (peat) for fertiliser production in Finland and for the gasifi-cation of household waste in Japan. In early 2012, ThyssenKrupp Uhde, in collaboration with Uhde

Corporation of America in the USA, succeeded in winning its first HTW licence agreement and com-prehensive Front-End Engineering Design (FEED), whereby a trendsetting plant for the production of synthetic fuels will be designed by over 100 engi-neers. On completion, the plant is to produce 3,500 barrels a day of gasoline based on the provenmethanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process.

The FEED for the BioTfueL demonstration project in France, which will apply the PRENFLO® Direct Quench (PDQ) entrained-flow gasification process, has now also been completed.

Growing demand for gas technologies

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Base Chemicals

Shanxi Province (P.R. China) UTC+8 37° 87´ N / 112° 4´ EThyssenKrupp Uhde is carrying out the basic engineering for a methanol-to-gasoline plant for Jingchen Anthracite Coal Mining (JAM).


Gasification

Coal/Petcoke gasification

(PRENFLOTM)

Oil/residue gasification

Biomass gasification

Partial oxidation

Synthesis gas applications

Gas treatment for synthesis

gas, hydrogen

Sulphur recovery

Coal-to-liquids

(methanol-to-gasoline,

Fischer-Tropsch)

Ammonia, methanol

Olefins

Propane dehydrogenation

Butane dehydrogenation

(STAR process®)

ThyssenKrupp Uhde has been working with Exxon-Mobil on the development and engineering of the methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) technology, which has been globally commercialised, for over 30 years. After commissioning the first MTG plant for Jing-chen Anthracite Coal Mining (JAM) in China in 2009, basic engineering for a plant that is ten times bigger is currently underway. Due to low shale gas prices in the USA, an enormous demand for MTG plants for the production of gasoline from natural gas is developing in North America.

Another success for methanol-to-gasoline (MTG)

Low natural gas prices in the USA have created a real boom in demand for gas-based chemical plants. ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s proprietary STAR process® for propane dehydrogenation, which was implemented for the first time in Port Said (Egypt) is also reaping the benefits.

Propane dehydrogenation: STAR pro-cess® profi ts from shale gas boom

GAS TECHNOLOGIES IN BRIEF

New contracts

· First licensing agreement for HTW gasification after taking over tech-

nology from RWE

· Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract for Sundrop Fuels in

Louisiana (USA)

· Basic Engineering for JAM-II MTG plant (P.R. China)

· Basic Engineering for MTG plant for Sundrop Fuels in Louisiana (USA)

· Permitting for a number of PDH plants

· Supply contract signed for critical equipment for PDH plant

· FEED and detail engineering contract for BioTfueL demonstration plant

(France)

· Licensing agreement for PRENFLO® PDQ gasification with ICM (Industrial

Corporation of Mongolia) for the construction of a coal-to-liquids plant

(Mongolia)

· Various engineering contracts for KEPCO-Uhde for IGCC and SNG appli-

cations based on PRENFLO® PSG gasification


· PDH plant for EPPC in Port Said, Egypt, produces on-spec.

propylene

· Commissioning of a new PRENFLO® start-up burner

in Puertollano (Spain)

· Biomass gasification tests carried out successfully

at HTW gasifier in Aachen

· Continuation of construction activities for TransGas projects in West

Virginia and Kentucky (USA)

R&D activities

· Construction of a biomass “+ X” gasification plant for the production of biodiesel and biokerosene in France

· Systematic improvement of existing technologies through various R&D projects in the newly established Product Development Department


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BiotecHnologies

BIOTECHNOLOGIES IN BRIEF


· Commissioning of ThyssenKrupp Uhde multi-purpose facility in Leuna

· Commissioning of a 13,000 t/year succinic acid plant in Louisiana (USA)

by Myriant Technologies

R&D activities

· Optimisation of existing technologies

· Expansion of feedstock base for conventional fermentation technologies

through use of second-generation C sources

· Development of new and more effective fermentation and downstream

technologies

The first European multi-purpose fermentation facility for the continuous production of bio-based chemicals has been built at the Leuna industrial site (Germany), a location known far beyond the borders of Europe. This multi-purpose pilot plant will serve to bridge the gap between bench-scale and industrial-scale fermentation and recovery processes offered by ThyssenKrupp Uhde and its corporate technology partners. The Biotechnologies Division and its laboratory moved from Leipzig to Leuna in August 2012, and will now continue its research work at this location.

ThyssenKrupp Uhde invests in industrial biotechnologies

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Polymers

Leuna (Germany) UTC+1 51° 20´ N / 012° 2´ E Europe’s first multi-purpose fermentation facility for the production of bio-based chemicals is located here.

For the Division, the pilot plant is a breakthrough. Some time ago, Uhde Inventa-Fischer developed a proprietary process for the production of poly-lactic acid (PLA) from lactic acid. This caused ThyssenKrupp Uhde to focus attention on the investigation and production of lactic acid, the feedstock for PLA. After five years of research, a team of engineers and scientists succeeded in developing a licensable process for lactic acid production. And now with the pilot plant, up to 1,000 t/year of lactic acid or 700 t/year of succinic acid can be produced. Other organic acids are in the development stage and it is also planned to test them at this multi-purpose plant. The plant will demonstrate ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s technology for the production of organic acids and supply larger

quantities of lactic and succinic acid under industrial conditions. While the lactic acid is to be converted into PLA at Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s pilot plant in Guben (Germany) part of the succinic acid will be passed, in collaboration with our partner Myriant, to prospective major customers for testing, and the rest will be converted into polybutyl succinate (PBS) at Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s pilot plant in Berlin. PBS, like PLA, is a biodegradable plastic, and it can be used as an alternative to, or in combination with, PLA.

The 13,000 t/year succinic acid plant for our part-ner Myriant Technologies in Louisiana (USA), for which we carried out the engineering, is currently being commissioned.


Gypsum-free process for the

production of high-purity lactic

acid (polymer grade) based on

carbohydrates

Gypsum-free process for the pro-

duction of succinic acid based

on glucose


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orgAnic cHeMicAls& PolYMers

Shaanxi (P.R. China) UTC+8 34° 28´ N / 108° 99´ E 12 January 2012: Contract signing for the LDPE plant in the Shenhua Shaanxi Methanol to Chemicals Project.

In China the success story of low-density polyethyl-ene (LDPE) plants engineered by ThyssenKrupp Uhde looks set to continue with the construction of two new plants. The basic engineering and some of the detailed engineering are being carried out on an EVA Copolymer plant in Yulin and a Homopolymer plant in Urumqi.

In Qatar ThyssenKrupp Uhde has successfully completed the construction and commissioning of a 300,000 t/year LDPE plant based on the Lupotech T process licensed by LyondellBasell. Besides the core plant, all utilities and a new cen-tral control room were also built and commissioned during full operation of the entire complex; the full plant has now begun commercial production.

ThyssenKrupp Uhde won a contract from ZapSib-Neftekhim for the Extended Front-End Engineering on a polypropylene plant based on the Spheripol process licensed by LyondellBasell. The 500,000 t/year plant will produce a broad spectrum of high-quality polypropylene grades in Tobolsk (Russia).

The South Korean company SKC Co. acquired a licence from Evonik/Uhde to increase the capacity of its HPPO plant at its site in Ulsan to 130,000 t/year. The next-generation propylene oxide reactor was successfully commissioned parallel to the reactors already in operation.

Two years after its market launch the award-winning HPPO technology jointly developed by Evonik/Uhde is continuing to enjoy great success.

The dynamic growth of emerging markets will cause the demand for polymers and organic chemical products to continue to rise.

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Polymers

In Jilin City in Jilin Province (P.R. China), JiShen Co. is building a new propylene oxide (PO) complex with a capacity of 300,000 t/year based on the environ-ment-friendly Evonik/Uhde process. Commissioning of the plant is scheduled for late 2013. ThyssenKrupp Uhde is supplying the Extended Process Design Package along with Critical Equipment. A new plant is being built on the same site by Evonik Indus-tries to produce the hydrogen peroxide required. ThyssenKrupp Uhde is also responsible for the entire engineering for this new hydrogen peroxide plant.

The next chapter in our long-standing cooper-ation with our Siberian client Sayanskkhimplast has begun with the start of a new project phase in the EDC/VCM plant revamp. ThyssenKrupp Uhde has been awarded an additional contract to increase the plant’s capacity and improve the process.

ORGANIC CHEMICALS AND POLyMERS IN BRIEF

New contracts

· China Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid and Chemical Yulin (Shaanxi, P.R. China):

300,000 t/year LD Polyethylene + EVA Copolymer plant

· Qatar Vinyl Company (Mesaieed, Qatar):

285,000 t/year Ethylene Dichloride (Oxichlorination) plant

· ZapSibNeftekhim L.L.C (Tobolsk, Russia):

500,000 t/year Polypropylene plant

· Sayanskkhimplast (Sayansk, Russia):

Modernisation/Capacity Increase of a VCM plant to 330,000 t/year VCM

(EP, Phase 1)

· China Shenhua Coal-to-Liquid and Chemical Xinjiang (Urumqi, Xinjiang

Uygur Autonomous Region): 270,000 t/year LD Polyethylene plant


· Qatar Petrochemical Company (Mesaieed, Qatar)

· Karpatnaftokhim (Kalush, Ukraine)

R&D activities

· Energy optimisation and heat utilisation in PO and VCM/PVC processes

· Heat utilisation in VCM/chlorine plants (e.g. NaOH concentration)


Organic chemicals

Ethylene dichloride (EDC)

Vinyl chloride (VCM)

Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM)

Ethylene oxide (EO)

Ethylene glycol (EG)

Terephthalic acid (PTA)

Propylene oxide (PO)

Polypropylene

Homopolymers

Copolymers

Polyethylene

HDPE

LDPE

LLDPE

Copolymers

Polyvinyl chloride

S-PVC


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PolYester, PolYAMiDes

Berlin (Germany) UTC+1 52° 52´ N / 013° 41´ E Test bed for testing the viscosity of polybutylene succinate (PBS).

Uhde Inventa Fischer can look back on a very successful business year 2011/2012, marked by a high order intake, successful commissionings and the expansion of its technology and services portfolio.

The contract concluded between Uhde Inventa-Fischer and JBF Industries Ltd. of India for the construction of a Melt-To-Resin (MTR®) plant in Geel (Belgium) has provided the plant engineering and construction company located in Germany and Switzerland with proof that its patented, resource-conserving, energy-efficient MTR® technology is

a leading process for the production of PET pel-lets. The plant, which will have a total capacity of 432,000 t/year, will be the biggest in Europe. Integration of the patented FTR® (Flakes-To-Resin) process will establish JBF as one of the biggest con-sumers of PET recycling material (54,000 t/year).

The contract to build a 180,000 t/year polymerisa-tion plant for the production of high-performance polyamide 6 for Changle Highsun Synthetic Fiber Technology Co. in Changle City (P.R. China) is a great success for Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s poly-amide business. The flagship project sets new

standards in the market in applying both the patented High-Performance Polyamide 6 (HPPA®) technology for producing various chip qualities and the extremely cost-efficient Overproportional Refeeding Process (OPRP®).

Polyester: Europe’s biggest PET plant

Polyamide: fl agship project in high-speed spinning

POLyESTER, POLyAMIDES & BIOPLASTICS IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Changle Highsun – Liheng (P.R. China): PA 6, Textile, VLP®, HPPA®, OPRG®,

Semi-Dull/Full Dull, 390 t/day

· JBF Industries (Belgium): PET/MTR®, 2x 600 t/day, PET/FTR® 150 t/day

· Lotte Chemical UK (UK): PET/MTR® 600 t/day

R&D activities

· PET: Capacity increase, new recipes and recycling for MTR® technology

· PA: Simulation of moving bed, “HPPA® 2-stage Assistant” and recipe

management

· PLA: Scale-up and modification of Planeo® process, improvement

in heat resistance, modelling of crystallisation

· PBS: Technology ready for market launch


· FCFC (Vietnam): PA 6, Textile, VLP®, HPPA® Semi-Dull/Full Dull, 130 t/day

· FRX Polymers (Belgium): FRX Polymers Technology, Nofia®

Flame-Retardant Polymers, Copolymers and Oligomers

· JSC Grodno Azot PTC Khimvolokno (Belarus):

PA 6, Textile, VLP®, OPRP®, 2x 130 t/day

· Huafon (P.R. China): PA 6.6, 110 t/day

· Indorama (USA): PET/FTR®,150 t/day

· Köksan (Turkey): PET/MTR®, 600 t/day

· Micro Polypet (India): PET/MTR®, 600 t/day

· Octal (Oman): PET/MTR®, 2x 720 t/day

· Octal (Oman): Utilities and Offsites for plant

· PVTEX (Vietnam): PET/TX Grade, 500 t/day

· Sabic (Saudi Arabia): PET, 2x 600 t/day

· SK Chemicals (Republic of Korea): DISCAGE® Reactor, Equipment

· SK Chemicals (Republic of Korea): PET/2R Technology,

400 t/day and 150 t/day

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& BioPlAstics

Polymers

Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) UTC+7 10° 83´ N / 106° 63´ EPolyamide 6 plant commissioned for Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation (FCFC) to the south of Ho Chi Minh City in 2011.


Polyester

PET, PBT, PBAT, PBS, PEN, PTT, etc.

Polyamides

PA 6, PA 6.6, etc.

Biopolymers

PLA incl. LA and dilactide, PBS, etc.

In the field of bioplastics Uhde Inventa-Fischer has expanded its product portfolio to include polybutyl-ene succinate (PBS) technology. The biopolymer is produced by polycondensing succinic acid and butanediol in a continuous process.

With a melting point of 120 °C, good barrier pro-perties and high mechanical stability, PBS is per-fect for compounds and for being processed into packaging materials, films, engineering plastics and textiles.

Uhde Inventa-Fischer has expanded its services portfolio in order to better meet the future require-ments and needs of its customers. The company’s scope of services now includes tailored solutions and services that extend throughout the entire life cycle of polyester and polyamide plants, including

capacity increases, optimisation of key components and production processes, feedstock changes rele-vant to the production process, pilot plant testing of PET, PBT, co-polyester and PLA, as well as retrofitting of the Flakes-To-Resin (FTR®) recycling technology.

Bioplastics: new technology for the continuous production of biodegradable

polybutylene succinate (PBS)

Successful expansion of services portfolio


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HigH-Pressure tecHnologiesIn the 2011/2012 business year ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s local organisation Uhde High Pres-sure Technologies (UHPT) again experienced favourable market growth.

There is currently a very strong global demand for autoclave reactors, cylindrical high-pressure vessels with a volume of approximately 2,000 litres, equipped with agitators and motors located in the pressure chamber. LG-Toyo and Formosa Plastics (FPC/CTCI) almost simultaneously ordered a full range of high-pressure equipment including autoclave reactors.

Another UHPT highlight is the contract for a two-phase flow pump with a central hydraulic power station for Samsung Total Petrochemicals. The pump, which is for a South Korean LyondellBasell LDPE plant, consists of five high-pressure units, each of which delivers doses of 150 l/h of fluid to the reactor at 3,200 bar.

In 2011/2012 UHPT also added two new orders to its Saipem (Snamprogetti) licence project refer-ence list: one for Matix Group of India and one for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) of Japan. The order for Matix Group involves supplying a valve package to West Bengal for the first time. For our Japanese customer UHPT will be providing high-pressure valves for the Tatarstan Ammonia Fertil-izer (TAF) project in Turkmenistan.

LDPE

UHPT has designed, engineered and built one of the biggest high-pressure pasteurisation plants with a volume of 700 litres and an operating pressure of 6,000 bar. The plant will be used to keep food fresh for three to four times longer than before. UHPT and its partner MULTIVAC were awarded the gold FoodTec Award 2012 for the new system.

High-pressure treatment

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In July 2012 UHPT successfully commissioned a cGMP-compliant pharmaceutical production facility for a reputable customer in the USA. The plant is based on an innovative high-pressure pro-cess using supercritical CO2, which obviates the need to use toxic substances.

HIGH-PRESSURE TECHNOLOGIES IN BRIEF

New contracts

· LG-Toyo (South Korea): Autoclave reactor, separator, drums, piping,

valves, hydraulic oil unit

· Sadara (DOW/Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia): HP shell and tube heat

exchangers, valves, hydraulic oil unit

· Formosa Plastics FPC/CTCI (P.R. China): Autoclave reactor, separator,

recycle gas separator, suction filter, wax recovery cyclone, recycle

gas cooler

· Samsung Total Petrochemicals (South Korea): Two-phase flow pump,

hydraulic oil unit

· Matix Fertilizer (India): Control valves, motor-operated valves

· TAF (Turkmenistan): Control valves, motor-operated valves

· Multivac (New Zealand): Pasteurisation pilot plant, 2 l/7,000 bar

· Multivac (Netherlands): Pasteurisation plant, 150 l/6,000 bar


· QAPCO 3 (Qatar): Valves and pumps

· Hanwha (South Korea): Autoclave reactor, heat exchanger, pumps

· Saudi Kayan (Saudi Arabia): Valves and pumps

· GS Engineering and Construction (Saudi Arabia): Intercooler

· Fraunhofer IGB (Germany): CO2/propane pilot plant

R&D activities

· Manufacture: Horizontal winding machine

· HPP: Anti-cavitation pressure relief valve

· Pumps: Electromechanical drive

The LDPE Maintenance Workshop which, until 2011, was a firm fixture, has now been developed into the LDPE Plant Improvement Conference. Licensors, contractors and suppliers are invited to attend and join in developing and discussing new technical solutions. The 8th LDPE Plant Improve-ment Conference 2013 is to be held abroad for the first time in Qingdao (P.R. China) in April 2013.

In the 2011/2012 business year UHPT sold a 2x 200- litre extraction plant on the American market. The company also booked an 800-litre spare extractor with a clamp closure for a design pressure of 880 bar for a German customer.

Service

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Polymers

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DeVeloPMent

Dortmund (Germany) UTC+1 51° 30´ N / 007° 29´ E An R&D team composed of Dr. Bernd Langanke, Dr. Christoph Roosen, Gregor Polcyn and Dr. Niels Bredemeyer (left to right) is working on ways to ensure a secure power supply for the future.

Innovation is more than just a good idea: “The German chemical plant construction industry is faced with growing international competition and rising customer expectations. The best option is for the industry to consolidate and enhance its traditionally strong technological position through continuous innovation,” said Dr. Jens Wagner, Head of Research and Development at ThyssenKrupp Uhde.

EnviNOx® is a process developed by ThyssenKrupp Uhde for the catalytic abatement of nitrous oxide (N

2O) and nitrogen oxides (NO

x) in the waste

gases of industrial processes. Nitrous oxide is classified as a greenhouse gas that is 300 times as potent as CO

2. After the success of EnviNOx®

in abating these gases at a number of nitric acid plants over the past few years and establishing itself as a new Best Available Technology for these plants, the process has now been installed for the first time in a caprolactam production plant. Along with nitric acid plants, caprolactam plants,

of which there are various types, constitute one of the main sources of industrial-process-related N

2O emissions. The EnviNOx® unit installed at the

caprolactam plant above will abate N2O emissions

by more than 98%. A second caprolactam plant of the same type, which is currently under construc-tion for the same operator, will also be equipped with an EnviNOx® system soon. Current develop-ment work is focusing on adapting the EnviNOx® process for use in other types of caprolactam plants.

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Electrolyte

Connection tomains supply

Electrolyte

Electrochemical cells

Renewable energies, such as wind and solar power, are not equally available in all regions. They are also subject to fluctuations depending on the time of day and the season and it is impossible to accur-ately predict their availability. In securing a stable power supply with a high percentage of these forms of energy, power suppliers are faced with challenges which ThyssenKrupp Uhde can play a key part in overcoming. Energy storage systems provide a way to adjust the supply of electric power to demand and are thus a key component on the path to further integration of renewables. So-called redox flow bat-teries are of particular interest for storing energies on a megawatt scale to compensate for fluctuations in power generation depending on the time of day or for inaccurate predictions of power output. With this technology, ThyssenKrupp Uhde can capitalise fully on its strengths as a major global plant contractor focused on customer-tailored engineering activities. Furthermore, the technology has strong synergies to ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s established electrolysis activities.

A redox flow battery consists of a package of electrochemical cells that are combined into stacks of 100 to 200 cells as in a conventional electrolyser. Like a battery, each cell consists of two electrodes that are physically separated from each other by a membrane. Each of the cells is permeated by two different electrolytes, which are stored in external tanks. These electrolytes contain dissolved compounds that react electrochemically and can thus store electric energy in the form of chemical energy. “The power of a storage system of this kind is determined by the number, size and performance of the cells, while the capacity, i.e. the storage period, can be varied via the amount of electrolyte. This allows an energy storage system of this kind to be accurately tailored to the respective requirements,” said Dr. Christoph Roosen, Chemical Engineer Research and Development. However, further development work is still required before this technology can be implemented on an industrial scale with the lowest possible investment costs.

Redox fl ow batteries: a contribution to a secure energy supply for the future

Research and Development Business Unit Technology ThyssenKrupp Uhde

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Uhde Shedden (Australia)

AustrAliA

Uhde Shedden (Australia) has successfully completed Front End Engineering Design of a new Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) complex at Daura Refinery in Baghdad, Iraq. The contract was awarded by Midland Refineries Company (MRC), which operates under the jurisdiction of the Oil Ministry of Iraq.

The MRC Daura RFCC project is part of the Daura Refinery upgrade. The new RFCC complex, rated at 30,000 BPSD, is to be built adjacent to the existing refinery and is designed to maximise the yield of transport fuels, gasoline and diesel. The complex consists of seven licensed process units and associated utilities, storage units, off-plot facilities and large infrastructure to enable it to operate on a self-contained basis and minimise interfaces with the existing refinery.

Uhde Shedden (Australia) was contracted to manage development of the Licensor Process Design Package, develop on its basis Front End Engineering Design including the capital cost estimate, and prepare a tender package for the execution stage of the project.

The project was executed over 15 months in three ThyssenKrupp Uhde group offices, Uhde Shedden’s offices in Melbourne and Brisbane, and the Uhde (Thailand ) office in Bangkok. The project was the big-gest of its kind ever undertaken by our Australian local organisation. The Daura Project has successfully opened up a new market in the Middle East, providing an additional opportunity for ThyssenKrupp Uhde to further consolidate its strength and capabilities in the refining sector around the world.

Australia is one of the world’s biggest economies and is currently one of the most prosper-ous among the developed industrial nations. Economic growth has been steady for more than 20 years and was 2.5% in 2011. While growth in the USA and some EU countries has plateaued compared with 2007, before the crisis began, the Australian economy has grown by around 7%.

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Since then, the company has had an impressive sales record for coke oven batteries as well as related plants and equipment not only in Japan, but also in countries such as Korea and Taiwan.

In 1986, as a parallel business activity, the com-pany entered into the engineering of environmental solutions such as the handling, recycling, combus-tion, incineration and gasification of various kinds of waste in response to customer demands in Japan and overseas. On joining the ThyssenKrupp Uhde group in October 2011, Otto Corp. was re-named ThyssenKrupp Otto.

ThyssenKrupp Otto’s business activities are di-vided into two divisions. The first is the Coke Oven Plant Division, which now boasts 60 years’ experience in the field and covers all EPC services associated with coke oven batteries. The second is the Environment & Energy Solutions Division, which focuses on the engineering and supply of industrial waste incinerators and recycling plants, as well as burners for special industrial furnaces and high-efficiency combustion equipment based on proprietary technology.

Otto Corporation was established in 1952 as an exclusive agent of Dr. C. Otto & Company GmbH, the leading West German engineering company for coke oven plants at the time, for the purpose of selling its technologies and plants on the Japanese market.

THySSENKRUPP OTTO IN BRIEF

New contracts

· JFE Steel Corporation: EP services for coke oven battery (1A pad-up)

and bleeder valves

· Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: EP services for coke oven repair

· Nippon Steel Corporation: EP services for sinter pallets

· JGC Corporation (P.R. China): EP services for an incineration plant

· Tokyo Hakuzen: EPC services for an incinerator

· Shikoku Durock: EP services for a liquid feed system


· Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: Hot repair (EPC) of a coke oven battery

· JFE Steel Corporation: EP services for coke oven battery

· JFE and Nippon Steel Corporation: EP/EPC services for coke oven

machines

· POSCO (Korea): E services for coke oven battery equipment

· JGC Corporation (P.R. China): EP services for a waste incineration plant

· Dragon Steel Corporation (Taiwan): EP services for a coal-handling plant

· Esso Australia Proprietary Limited (Papua New Guinea): EP services for

an industrial waste incineration plant

· Bright Pig Chiba and Shikoku Durock: EP services for a liquid

feed system

· Tokyo Hakuzen (Japan): EP services for an incinerator

· Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.: EP services for radiant tube burners

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Business Unit Contracting ThyssenKrupp UhdeAsia-Pacific

tHAilAnD

Uhde (Thailand) and Star Petroleum Refining Co. (SPRC) have enjoyed a stable business relationship since 2004, when the first one-year engineering services framework agreement was signed. This was followed by a second framework agreement for the period 2005 to 2007 with an extension until 2008. A third agreement was then concluded for the period 2009 to 2011. Now a further agreement has been signed covering the next three years. Under this agreement, Uhde Thailand provides engineering services for all disciplines and supplies manpower to SPRC.

The first turning of the sod on the IRPC Public Com-pany Limited (IRPC) construction site in Rayong Province, Thailand, took place on 9 January 2012. This EPCM contract involves integrating a new 300,000 t/year plant for Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN) Copolymer in an existing IRPC complex at this location.

On 23 March 2012 the Dye Production Plant job site celebrated the achievement of 300,000 man-hours with no lost-time accidents. The job site involves the expansion of an existing facility in Samut Sakorn Province, Thailand, for Huntsman (Thailand) Ltd. (HU) within the framework of a lump-sum EPC con-tract. The new plant is to produce a new product using an innovative reactive dyeing process devel-oped by HU Technology of Switzerland.

Already with a good order backlog and a high workload, Uhde (Thailand) is looking forward to profi ting from the further growth expected in the South-East Asian markets during 2012/2013. Besides the Thai market, there are also business opportunities in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, which the company intends to develop in the coming year.

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Uhde Thailand Ltd.

Map Ta Phut (Thailand) UTC+7 8° 66´ N / 099° 85´ E Uhde (Thailand) is revamping a gasoline hydrotreating unit (GHU) for IRPC Public Company Limited.

On 29 May 2012 the ThyssenKrupp Uhde group signed an EPC contract for a Nitric Acid and Low-Density Ammonium Nitrate complex with Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vina-comin) in Hanoi (Vietnam). The project is being executed in Thai Binh, Vietnam. The complex will consist of a Nitric Acid plant and an Ammonium Nitrate Prill plant, complete with all associated utilities and infrastructure. ThyssenKrupp Uhde is responsible for the part of the complex inside the battery limits (the ISBL part) and is performing the Basic Engineering, supported by Uhde (Thailand). In December 2012 the Basic Engineering was hand-ed over to Uhde (Thailand), where the complete Detailed Engineering Package is being carried out with the support of ThyssenKrupp Uhde Dortmund.

Uhde (Thailand) was awarded an EPC contract by Sak Chaisidhi Co. Ltd. (SAKC), a Thai Oil group company, to expand a solvent plant. The project is being executed in two phases. The first phase was the Basic Engineering Package and a Capital Cost Estimate. The second phase, the EPC, started in November 2011 and is due for completion in March 2014.

Uhde (Thailand) also won an EPC contract from Alter NRG to supply Plasma Gasification Modules. Uhde (Thailand) is responsible for the detailed engineering, procurement and construction of the modules in Thailand. The modules are to be exported to Europe. Following on from the successful preparation of the Basic Engineering Package for a Silica Expansion project for Evonik United Silica (Siam) Limited, Uhde (Thailand) also successfully secured the subsequent phase of the project for the Detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management.

UHDE THAILAND LTD. IN BRIEF

New contracts

· IRPC Public Co., Ltd.: SAN III Expansion

· Sak Chaisidhi Co., Ltd.: EPC for SAKC Expansion

· Evonik United Silica (Siam) Limited: Silica Plant Expansion

· Alter NRG Corp.: Modular Plasma Gasification Units

· Aker Cool Sorption A/S: Terminal services – Vapour Recovery Unit

· Alliance Engineering (services for various clients)


· IRPC Public Co., Ltd.: Gasoline Hydrotreating Unit

· Huntsmann Thailand Ltd.: Dye Production plant

Services

· Basic Engineering/FEED

· EPCM/EPC services

· Alliance engineering (services on the basis of framework agreements)

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Shanghai (P.R. China) UTC+8 31° 22´ N / 121° 48´ E Uhde Engineering Consulting Shanghai is a reliable partner and ensures prompt, on-spec. supply of equipment and components fabricated in China to the site.

On 7 February 2012 Maison Global and ThyssenKrupp Uhde formed a strategic alliance in China. Maison Global is a successful EPC and EPCM company in the chemical, petrochemical and infrastructure sectors in China. The company offers the following services: project/engineering management, process engin-eering, piping and layout engineering, mechanical engineering, civil/structural/architectural engineering, instrumentation, electrical engineering and CAE & 3D design. ThyssenKrupp Uhde will now market its technologies in China together with its new partner and contribute its global expertise in the field of turn-key projects.

Uhde Engineering Consulting Shanghai (UECS) has been providing procurement and inspection services in the Chinese market for nearly ten years now, and the company has earned itself an excellent reputation for quality and punctual delivery, not only within the ThyssenKrupp Uhde group, but also with ThyssenKrupp AG and other companies.

In 2012 UECS signed a global inspection service agreement with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe. As the only nominated inspection service provider in China, UECS will check and guarantee the quality of ThyssenKrupp suppliers on the spot.

Despite the diffi cult global economic environment and a global fall-off in demand, China is the world’s second-biggest economy after the USA. High economic growth and a rising per-capita income continue to make the People’s Republic a strategically important magnet for foreign investments.

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Consulting (Shanghai)

Co. Ltd.

Asia-Pacific

THySSENKRUPP UHDE CHINA IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Spare parts supply for ThyssenKrupp CSA (Brazil)

· Static equipment supply for ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s EHC and EPPC project

(Egypt)

· Reactor supply for DSM in Nanjing (P.R. China)

· Procurement service for EPCM Evonik/Uhde Jilin PO project in Jilin

(P.R. China)

· Piping supports for Uhde High Pressure Technologies (Germany)

· Static equipment supply for Qenos (Australia)

· Vessel and heat exchanger supply for Uhde Inventa-Fischer’s JBF project

(Belgium)

· Valve inspection service for American Southern Company


· Static and rotating equipment as well as piping material supplies for

ThyssenKrupp group global projects and as a third-party supplier for

customers worldwide

Uhde High Pressure Technologies placed its first order with UECS for high-pressure piping supports. This is the start of what will be long-term cooper-ation in this special field of high-pressure technology.

UECS offers services for ThyssenKrupp Uhde pro-jects around the world, for example the low-density ammonium nitrate project for Egypt Hydrocarbon Corporation, for which UECS shipped equipment, including vessels, storage tanks, reactors, valves, etc. UECS also supplied static equipment valued at EUR 1.3 million for the propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene project for Egypt Propylene & Polypropylene Company.

In addition, UECS is supplying a reactor package to DSM Nanjing.

The 2011/2012 business year was also the first time that UECS was given approval to supply static equipment to Uhde Inventa-Fischer. This first order comprises a package of heat exchangers and a package of vessels.

UECS’s success on the local and global markets is due to its comprehensive quality assurance system. The key underlying components of this are buyers who are familiar with the local vendor market and regular auditing. Ongoing schedule and quality controls with everything from inspec-tions at manufacturers’ workshops to packing, loading and export procedures that are reviewed and confirmed on the spot are key factors in the procurement process.

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Business Unit Contracting ThyssenKrupp Uhde

engineering serVicesthyssenkrupp uhde

New coke oven battery for HKM

Within the framework of its biggest contract to date, Uhde Services is supplying key components of a new coke oven battery for Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann in Duisburg, Germany, which com-prises 70 new coke ovens. Besides the engineering, the scope includes supply and installation of the mechanical parts of the battery, the entire refrac-tory lining and upgrade of the current Coke Oven Machines for the existing battery. The revamp of the coke oven machines comprises two charging, two pusher and two transfer machines. In order to achieve the nominal daily capacity, 155 ovens need to be pushed. A pushing cycle currently takes an average of 15 minutes but with the second battery this will need to be cut to eight minutes, which will require state-of-the-art ThyssenKrupp Uhde tech-nology. Rapid hydraulic drives with integrated linear displacement transducers and PLC control units

that have been adapted accordingly will make this improvement necessary. The two existing coking coal charging cars will also be equipped with a new moveable function group that compensates for the geometric changes in the charging holes of the old battery along the oven and battery axes.

Approximately 30,000 tonnes of standard and shaped bricks, mortar, mixes and insulating materi-als, will be needed to complete the refractory lining correctly and on schedule. The mechanical erection includes all of the steel structures, installation of the big and small pipes with the appurtenant valves and also the reversing device. At peak periods there will be around 300 specialists from Uhde Services working on-site during the main nine-month instal-lation period.

In order to better accommodate the market situation in the engineering services business, the Uhde Contracting Europe Operating Unit of ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH in Bad Soden was integrated into Uhde Services GmbH in Haltern with eff ect from 1 October 2012. Under the name ThyssenKrupp Uhde Engineering Services, the company off ers customer-specifi c concepts and high-quality engineering services right up to EP/EPC execution.

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The system shown here was produced exclusively for the Nord Stream project.

Shell Rheinland Raffinerie near Cologne is one of the biggest and most modern refineries in Germa-ny. Its products include mainly antiknock gasoline and diesel fuels as well as kerosene, fuel oil and bitumen. It is now planned to convert the refinery, which is designed to process bitumen-rich crude oils, to new, alternative crude oils. The conversion steps include, among other things, modifying or completely replacing exposed plant components (crude distillation column, heat exchangers, pumps) as well as converting the furnaces and replacing the piping, etc. following redesign using different materials.

Shell Germany commissioned ThyssenKrupp Uhde to render the full Basic and Detailed Engineering Packages as well as the Construction Supervision and Commissioning Support due to the latter’s extensive experience in jobs of this kind. The converted plant is due to come on stream in early May 2013.

The approximately 1,200-kilometre offshore Nord Stream pipeline, which runs from Wyborg in Russia to Lubmin in Germany, is regarded as one of the most important infrastructure projects in Europe at the present time. The first stretch of the Baltic pipeline, which came on stream in November 2011, is now being followed by the second, on which precommissioning has already begun. Filling the pipeline with technical-grade gas is the final step before it is commissioned and begins to transport gas on a regular basis. The step is necessary to achieve a specific pressure level in the pipeline beforehand. The gas-in system engineered and supplied by ThyssenKrupp Uhde will be used to fill the pipeline with natural gas. The design, mate-rial and manufacture of the plant in Wyborg are extremely demanding in terms of engineering and on-schedule completion. Filling of the second pipe-line with technical-grade gases was successfully completed in late October 2012.

THySSENKRUPP UHDE ENGINEERING SERVICESIN BRIEF

New contracts

· ArcelorMittal, Bottrop (Germany): Tunnel Repair at coke oven battery 1

· ArcelorMittal, Seraing (Belgium): Heating Wall Repair

at coke oven battery

· BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (Germany): Consulting

· BAYERNOIL Raffineriegesellschaft mbH, Neustadt/Vohburg (Germany):

Basic/Detailed Engineering

· CLARIANT Produkte GmbH, Frankfurt (Germany):

Engineering Services

· DOMO Caproleuna GmbH, Leuna (Germany): Engineering for a new

Propylene Storage Tank Facility

· Essar Steel Algoma Inc. (Canada): Battery Repair

· Grupa LOTOS S.A., Gdansk (Poland): Study

· Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM), Duisburg (Germany):

Replacement of existing Buckstays during Ongoing Operation

· Johns Manville GmbH, Bobingen (Germany): Basic Engineering

· LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Leverkusen (Germany):

Basic Engineering

· Mariisky NPZ Ltd., Moscow (Russia): Study for an Aromatics Complex

· PCK Raffinerie GmbH, Schwedt (Germany): Study

· SASOL Germany GmbH, Brunsbüttel (Germany): Basic/Detailed

Engineering

· SASOL Solvents GmbH, Herne (Germany): Study/Basic Engineering

· SASOL Wax GmbH, Hamburg (Germany): Study

· Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH, Rheinland Raffinerie Godorf (Germany):

EPCM Services

· Shell Oil Deutschland GmbH, Wesseling (Germany): Additional

Engineering Contracts for Rheinpower II and Hydrocracker III


· Abu Qir Fertilizer II, (Egypt): Replacement and Commissioning of

Electotechnical Equipment and Automation Technology successfully

completed

· Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), Duisburg (Germany): Revamp,

Commissioning and Test Run of first Coke Oven Machines (Transfer

Machine, Charging Cars) completed

· Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), Duisburg (Germany): Refractory

Oven Construction, Mechanical and Piping Installation in Coke Oven

Batteries under construction

· Nord Stream AG, Wyborg (Russia): Natural gas inlet station

· Shell Oil Deutschland GmbH, Wesseling (Germany): Extensive moderni-

sation of several Air Preheaters during a turnaround

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OOO UHDE IN BRIEF

New contracts

· OAO Sibur-Neftekhim: Project Documentation, Detailed Engineering and Procurement for Long-Lead Items on EO/EG Plant Capacity Expansion to 300,000 t/year of ethylene oxide equivalent in Dzerzhinsk (Russia)

· Severtar: Revamp of a Tar Distillation Unit (Construction of a new Pitch Granulation Unit, a new Pitch Storage Unit and a new Naphthalene Unit) in Cherepovets (Russia)

· OAO TAIF-NK: Feasibility Study on CDU/VDU unit 7 in Nizhnekamsk (Russia)

· OAO TAIF-NK: Project Documentation and Detailed Engineering for a Sulphur Storage Unit in Nizhnekamsk (Russia)

· ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH: Project Documentation and participation in FEED Preparation on a Polypropylene Plant for ZapSibNeftekhim L.L.C. in Tobolsk (Russia)


· Severtar: Engineering Services for Technical Upgrade of a Rail Tank Car Pitch Loading Station in Cherepovets (Russia)

· OAO Karbolit: Refurbishment of a raw materials storage unit in Orekhovo-Zuevo (Russia)

· OOO Karbodin: Design of a Urea Storage System for a resin plant in Orekhovo-Zuevo (Russia)

· ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH: Structural Steel Engineering Services on the Coal By-Products plant for ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s Phase III project on the job site for Hyundai Steel (Korea).

· OAO Samara-Neftekhim project: Project Documentation and Detailed Engineering for an Isodewaxing plant

· OOO Air Liquide Kstovo: Air Separation plant in Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia)

· OOO Air Liquide Balakovo: Air Separation plant in Balakovo (Saratov Region, Russia)

Russia’s economy is exhibiting stable growth despite some slowdown in the global econ-omy and expected development problems in CIS countries.

Leading Russian companies, such as Rosneft, Gazprom, Sibur and Lukoil, have announced major invest-ments in economic sectors that are important to the ThyssenKrupp Uhde group, including petrochemicals, oil refining and gas processing. Particularly worthy of mention is the spurt in activity in the fertiliser industry in CIS countries. Projects for high-capacity ammonia plants that produce between 2,000 and 3,000 t/day have been announced by quite a few Russian companies, including EuroChem and Togliattiazot. The last business year was a very successful one for OOO Uhde in Russia. In the polymers business a contract was signed with Sibur for a Polypropylene Plant FEED in Western Siberia. It reaffirms the good reputation that ThyssenKrupp Uhde has earned through implementing similar projects, including the Revamp of an EO/EG Plant for Sibur in Dzerzhinsk, on which OOO Uhde is currently responsible for the Project Documentation and Detailed Engineering as well as rendering Procurement Services for Long-Lead Items.

The signing of a third contract between ThyssenKrupp Uhde and Sayanskkhimplast has provided another good VCM/PVC reference in the region. Repeated orders from existing clients bear witness not only to ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s high competence but also to the depth of trust and excellent reputation enjoyed by the company.

In Cherepovets, a major project within the ThyssenKrupp Uhde group is currently being exe-cuted for Severtar, a joint venture between Severstal and Rütgers: the revamp of a Tar Distillation Unit, including a new Pitch Granulation Unit, a new Pitch Storage Unit and a new Naphthalene Crystallisa-tion Unit by OOO Uhde in cooperation with the Coke Plant Technologies Division of ThyssenKrupp Uhde. The Engineering Services for a new Pitch Storage and Rail Tank Car Loading Station have already been completed.

A number of studies and permitting projects in the refining sector are currently being executed by OOO Uhde’s Nizhny Novgorod office. The prospect of additional projects and business opportunities in the Russian refining sector is rosy.

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Alexandria (Egypt) UTC+2 31° 27´ N / 030° 9´ E 3D model of the ammonium sulphate process unit for Alexandria Fertilizers Company (AlexFert).

Uhde Engineering Egypt (UEE) is slowly continuing along its growth path and Egypt will in future remain a market to be reckoned with.

UEE has completed the Detailed Engineering activities for a 720 t/day Granular Ammonium Sulphate(AS) project, the first of its kind to be implemented by ThyssenKrupp Uhde based on an Australiantechnology. This engineering milestone was successfully achieved in nearly 60,000 man-hours by almost 40 engineers. UEE is currently providing Procurement Services for the project using our global procure-ment network.

In July 2012, UEE renewed its service agreement with United Gas Derivatives Company (UGDC) and thus continued to provide Engineering Support for this company’s existing Gas Derivatives plant in Port Said (Egypt). Furthermore, UEE provided Egyptian Methanex Production Company (Emetahnex) with Engineer-ing Services for a Methanol project in Damietta. As a member of ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s global engineering network, UEE provided Engineering Support for ThyssenKrupp Uhde projects, such as an Ammonia-Urea project in the USA, a Low-Density Ammonium Nitrate (LDAN) project in Vietnam and a Nitric Acid plant in Turkey. This year has witnessed further cooperation between UEE and other sister companies within the ThyssenKrupp group, for example Polysius AG and Polysius S.A.S., with UEE providing these companies with inspection services on their local projects in Egypt.

On the business development front, UEE has approached new clients in various industrial sectors. Recently, UEE was qualified on behalf of ThyssenKrupp Uhde to bid for an Ethyl Benzene/Styrene Mono-mer (EBSM) plant in Alexandria. In May 2012, representatives from UEE and ThyssenKrupp Uhde took part in the Baghdad Oil and Gas Exhibition. UEE also started to contact new clients in Iraq and has already received inquiries for development projects in Iraqi refineries.

UHDE ENGINEERING EGyPT IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Detailed Engineering and Local Supplies for a 720 t/day Granular Ammonium Phosphate project for Alexandria Fertilizers Company (AlexFert)

· Inspection services on behalf of our sister company, TK Polysius AG, for two of their projects (Egypt)

· Engineering Services on a Liquid Detergent plant for Henkel Egypt in Port Said (Egypt)

· Engineering Services for United Gas Derivatives Company (UGDC) on their existing facility in Port Said (Egypt)

· Basic Engineering Support on a Low-Density Ammonium Nitrate (LDAN) project for Egyptian Hydrocarbon Company (EHC)


· Support for ThyssenKrupp Uhde by providing their Egyptian Hydrocarbon Company (EHC) job site with local technical staff

· IT support for ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s SORFERT project (Algeria)

· Site Support for Egyptian Fertilizers Company (EFC) on the Revamp of their Urea plants in Ain Sukhna (Egypt)

· Operational Support for Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Port Said (Egypt)

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UIPL was awarded a contract by Formox AB (Swe-den) to render Detailed Engineering Services for a formaldehyde plant they are building for Ibn Sina (Saudi Arabia). The award of this project comes in the wake of several formaldehyde projectssuccessfully implemented for Formox AB (formerly Perstorp). The engineering for the project is due for completion in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Zuari Holdings selected UIPL to render Engineering Services for the capacity augmentation revamp of an NPK-A plant. The scope of the contract inclu-des Detailed Engineering, Procurement, Inspection and Expediting, Project Management and Plan-ning, Construction Supervision and Commissioning Assistance Services. In the first phase of the project, UIPL is providing Detailed Engineering Services. The project is due for completion in the second half of 2013.

UIPL was also appointed to render Engineering Services for AkzoNobel’s 50-million-litre-per-year Waterborne Paints Facility in Malanpur (Gwalior).The scope of services includes Extended Basic Engineering, Detailed Engineering, Project Planning and Management, Procurement Services, Inspec-tion and Expediting Services and Construction Supervision. The plant will be built bearing in mind AkzoNobel’s desire to double the plant’s capacity in the coming years.

UIPL was awarded a contract by Umicore Anandeya (Goa) to render Extended Basic Engineering, Detailed Engineering and Technical Procurement Services for a 6,000 t/year Zinc Oxide Expansion Project. Furthermore, Kudos Agrohols Limited awardedUIPL a Lump-Sum Turnkey job to design, engineer and build a 50 tpd Caustic Soda-Chlorine Plant at their chemical facilities site in Dera Bassi (Punjab, India). It is intended to use the Caustic Soda from the plant for in-house requirements connected with their other chemical facilities in the complex. The project has a completion period of 22 months.

Uhde India Private Ltd. (UIPL) can again boast an excellent workload and a high order intake in the 2011/2012 business year.

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UHDE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Formox AB: Formaldehyde plant (Saudi Arabia)

· Zuari Holdings: NPK plant revavmp (Goa, India)

· AkzoNobel: Waterborne paints facility (Gwalior, India)

· Umicore Anandeya: Zinc plant (Goa, India)

· Kudos Agrohols: Caustic LSTK Soda plant (Punjab, India)

· ThyssenKrupp Uhde: Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT) Resin plant for SIPCHEM (Saudi Arabia)


· INCRO S. A. (Spain): Phosphatic Fertiliser plants for Bunge Maroc Phosphore (Morocco)

· Farabi Petrochemicals: Linear Alkyl Benzene plant (Saudi Arabia)

· Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited: Cryogenic LPG Storage Tanks at JNPT loading terminal (Mumbai, India)

Further projects

· Praxair India: LSTK Hydrogen plant in Paradeep (Orissa, India)

· Indian Oil Corporation: Vacuum Gas Oil and Diesel Hydrotreater project

in Paradeep (Orissa, India)

· Utkal Alumina: Alumina Refinery (Orissa, India)

· DCW Limited: Synthetic Oxide Pigment plant (Tamilnadu, India)

· Essar Projects (MATIX Fertilizers): LSTK Cryogenic Ammonia Storage

Tanks (West Bengal, India)

· Coromandel International: LSTK Urea-Grade NPK plant (Kakinada, India)

· Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals: Sodium Chlorate plant (Dahej, India)

· Aditya Birla Group: Caustic Soda projects in Gujarat (Maharashtra, India)

· Indian Synthetic Rubber Limited: FEED/PMC Services project for Styrene

Butadiene plant (Panipat, India)

· Indian Oil Corporation: Feedstock Conversion project at Koyali Refinery

(Baroda, India)

· Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited: Naphtha Hydrotreater,

Continuous Catalytic Regeneration Reformer project at Mahul Refinery

(Mumbai, India)

UIPL successfully completed the Engineering Ser-vices for the Monoammonium Phosphate (MAP)/Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) plant and Triple Super Phosphate (TSP)/Monoammonium Phos-phate (MAP) plant for INCRO S.A. (Spain). UIPL’s scope included Basic Engineering for the Offsites and Utilities, Detailed Engineering for the Offsites and Utilities and the Process Plants, Technical Procurement Services, Inspection/Expediting and Supervision Services for Construction/Commissi-oning activities.

UIPL successfully completed the Linear Alkyl Ben-zene Duplication project for Farabi Petrochemicals within 23 months when the plant went on stream and the feed cut-in was satisfactorily performed. In addition, two 8,000-tonne Cryogenic LPG Storage Tanks were successfully set up for Bharat Petrol-eum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) at their LPG Bottling Plant at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) loading terminal in Uran (near Mumbai, India).

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Business Unit Contracting ThyssenKrupp UhdeIndia

ThyssenKruppPDNA

soutH AFricA

Ever more stringent requirements for the cleanli-ness of fuels produced in South Africa have made it necessary to upgrade these products. Reducing the aromatics content plays a key part in this. ThyssenKrupp Uhde is undertaking Clean Fuels II for Sasol Syntuels with an international team of colleagues from South Africa, Australia, India and Germany on the spot in Secunda.

Other major contracts from the Sasol group, one of the world’s largest Coal-to-Liquids producers, in-clude Coal Tar Filtration and Water Recovery Growth for the treatment of Fischer-Tropsch reaction water. These contracts are in the civil execution phase.

Construction work on the new multi-purpose pipeline between Durban (Coast) and Johannesburg (Inland) is scheduled to be completed in 2013. Commis-sioning of the pump stations is taking place and design of the pump station in Durban is still to be completed.

In June 2012 a new ThyssenKrupp Uhde 1000-t/day nitric acid plant came on stream for OMNIA. This plant is faced with a shortage of ammonia feedstock on the South African market. Therefore, ammonia is currently being imported into South Africa via the Richards Bay terminal. This may lead to attractive opportunities for ThyssenKrupp Uhde to build new ammonia plants in future.

Chemicals and energy: the future in Sub-Sahara. ThyssenKrupp Uhde was awarded the Basic Engineering design for Clean Fuels II for Sasol Synfuels and will be supported by expertise from the global ThyssenKrupp Uhde group.

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Sub-Sahara

Secunda (South Africa) UTC+2 26° 52´ S / 029° 20´ E Water Recovery Growth for Sasol.

In other Sub-Saharan countries, for example Mozambique, abundant coal and gas deposits are also of interest in developing new business. Down-stream products from these natural resources, such as ammonia and urea, will be targeted by these countries. In order to pursue these Sub-Saharan business opportunities in the Oil, Gas and Petro-chemical sector optimally, ThyssenKrupp Uhde is planning to open an office in Mozambique and Ghana in 2013.

As mentioned above, Southern Africa is also ex-periencing increasing demand for clean fuels and renewables. A new business line called GreenTec has been created to handle this sector of business properly.

THySSENKRUPP UHDEA DIVISION OF THySSENKRUPP PDNAENGINEERING (PTy.) LTD. IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Destillate Hydrotreater Design Risk Assessment for Synfuels Growth Programme 1b

· Engineering for a new multi-product pipeline – Terminal 1

· EPCM Services for damage repair to column 34VL 101

· Sasol Clean Fuels II – Basic Engineering


· New multi-purpose pipeline from Durban to Johannesburg for Transnet

· Hydrogen Compressor Replacement for Sasol

· SynFuels Growth Programme for Sasol Refinery debottlenecking

· Water Recovery Growth for Sasol

· Coal Tar Filtration for Sasol

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AMericAs

In 2010 United States Steel Corporation (US Steel) placed a contract for the engineering and supply of equipment for a coke oven battery (C Battery) which includes the supply of coke oven servicing machines and a low-emission quench tower (LEQT). C Battery is a 6.1-metre-high battery comprising 84 ovens. It is equipped with state-of-the-art environ-mental features to meet the strictest environmental standards. In November 2012 C Battery began cokemaking operations and USS celebrated its commissioning on 31 January 2013. The design of C Battery and the new low-emission quench towers is recognised by the North American Environmen-tal Protection Agency (EPA) as the Best Available Control Technology.

Uhde Corporation of America generated the majority of value added in 2012 from this contract. In addition, USS commissioned UCA to supply three additionalLEQTs: one for Granity City and two for Clairton Works. The quench tower in Granity City is now in operation: the two for Clairton Works are under construction. With this major order for US Steel, UCA generates 70 % of their total revenue in the USA.

UCA was also awarded a contract in 2011 to provide the reformer island and peripheral static equipment for two hydrogen plants to Praxair for their customer and end-user Valero. The two identical plants, one in St. Charles, Louisiana, and one in Port Arthur, Texas, will each be built to produce 3.8 million Nm3 (135 MMSCFD) of hydrogen for use in oil refining. The hydrogen

With a workforce now totalling 150 employees, our business partner in Pittsburgh, Uhde Cor-poration of America (UCA), has developed into a local project implementation offi ce which is more than able to address the inquiries relating to the shale gas boom. Besides project management and document management, UCA has a procurement, inspection and logistics department that not only covers local projects, but also contributes to ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s global procurement activities, sourcing from the US market for ThyssenKrupp Uhde projects throughout the world.

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plants are to be erected on site at Valero refineries. The reformer will be the largest ThyssenKrupp Uhde has designed to date. In January 2012 UCA was commissioned by CF Industries (CFI) to per-form a FEED study for the purpose of investigating the feasibility of expanding their Donaldsonville (Louisiana) plant. This expansion would include a 3,500 MTPD Urea Melt plant, a 3,500 MTPD Urea Granulation plant and a 4,300 MTPD UAN plant. A 3,300 MTPD Ammonia plant was added to the study several months later. In November of the same year ThyssenKrupp Uhde was awarded the contract to build all four plants. In addition, ThyssenKrupp Uhde is also expanding a Fertiliser complex for CF Industries in Port Neal, Iowa. This includes an Ammonia plant with a capacity of 2,200 t/day, a Urea plant with a capacity of 3,500 t/day and a Urea Granulation unit with a capacityof 3,500 t/day. Commissioning is scheduled for 2016. Furthermore, UCA and ThyssenKrupp Uhde have provided extended Basic Engineering, pro-curement services and technology supervision to Myriant Technologies, LLC for the construction of a Bio-Succinic Acid plant in Lake Providence, Louisiana. The plant will be the first of its kind in the United States, producing succinic acid from

renewable bio-based feedstocks. Succinic acid is an important building block in the production of consumer plastics, pigments and pharmaceuticals. The final product is identical to petroleum-sourced succinic acid, yet is less costly and more environ-mentally friendly. In order to meet industrial market demands for a safe, on-site source of ammonia, UCA has developed a concept together with John-son Matthey Catalysts for a small ammonia plant based on a gas-heated reformer technology. UCA is now in a position to offer a capacity range of 330 MTPD to 550 MTPD and has a standard design of 450 MTPD available and ready to go.

UHDE CORPORATION OF AMERICA IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Sundrop

· CF Industries (Donaldsonville and Port Neal)

· US Steel (Clairton)

· Orascom

· Cyanotech


· US Steel (Clairton)

· US Steel (Granite City)

· Praxair

· Myriant

· Cyanotech

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Business Unit Contracting ThyssenKrupp UhdeAmericas

Uhde México

MeXico

Uhde Engineering de México (Uhde Mexico) com-pleted important projects for the petroleum group PEMEX Refining in the Oil, Gas and Refining sector during the last business year. Working with Axens North America, Uhde Mexico has completed the Basic Engineering Package and Extended Basic Engineering Package through to a FEED package for three new plants and six revamps for the pro-duction of Ultra-Low-Sulphur Diesel.

Development of the oil sands projects in Canada is also a fundamental part of Uhde Mexico’s activities in the upstream business. Other projects in the upstream business include providing Tradeco with engineering services for a relief and burner system in a gas production complex in Nuevo Pemex, Tabasco (Mexico).

The alliance with Praxair has been extended to engineering activities in Canada and a number of countries in South America. Uhde Mexico also expanded its range of services for Praxair to inclu-de for the first time Front-End Loading (FEL) 2 phase services.

In the mining sector Mexicana de Cobre, the main copper producer in the Americas with plants in Mexico, USA and Peru, is an important customer for Uhde Mexico. The first contracts with this group are connected with the Caridad complex in Nacozari Sonora (northern Mexico). For this complex Uhde Mexico carried out the Project Execution and Detail Engineering on a Flash Furnace, Dryer and Waste Heat Boiler Modernisation and Expansion project.

In the same sector, in the cement industry, Uhde Mexico supports its sister company ThyssenKrupp Polysius in working for various clients.

Mexico is the fourteenth-biggest economy in the world and the twelfth-biggest trading nation. On top of this, it is also the seventh-biggest oil-exporting country. Uhde Engineering de México benefi ts from this and has succeeded in winning valuable projects in both the Oil & Gas and Chemical & Petrochemical sectors as well as intensifying cooperation with key clients.

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Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas (Mexico) UTC-6 22° 28´ S / 097° 83´ EWorking with Axens North America, Uhde Engineering de México has built a plant for the production of ultra-low-sulphur diesel for PEMEX Refining.

UHDE ENGINEERING DE MÉXICO IN BRIEF

New contracts

· Praxair: Engineering, FEL 2 Phase on the Northwest Air Separation Unit in Sturgeon County (Canada). Design using AutoPlant 3D platform

· Praxair: Industrial Gas Projects in a number of different countries: Pisco (Peru), Campana (Argentina), DeAcero (Mexico), Memphis (USA) and Vale Inco (Canada). Engineering services. Use of AutoPlant 3D platform

· Tradeco: Priority Installations for an L301 relief and burner system in Nuevo Pemex, Tabasco. Engineering services

· Iquisa: Electrolysis plant in Garza García N.L. (Mexico), Basic Engineering, Design using 3D PDMS platform

· E&I Engineering Services for TKRI (Denver, USA) for Oil Sands Slurry Preparation Plants for CNRL train 3 and Imperial Oil Train 2 in Fort McMurray (Canada)

· Mexichem: S-PVC Plant Expansion, Detail Engineering Services in Cartagena (Columbia)

· Agreement with the EPC contractor ICA Fluor in Mexico for engineering services on various projects

· Collaboration with our sister company Uhde Corporation of America (UCA) for P&IDs and Piping to be applied in modular design

· Valeo: Engineering Services for an Autoparts Plant Expansion in San Luis Potosí (Mexico)

· Consultancy Services during Project Setup and Definition for a major autoparts and car producer (Mexico)

· Mexicana de Cobre: Project Management and Detail Engineering Services on a Flash Furnace, Dryer and Waste Heat Boiler Modernisation and Expansion Project for the Metallurgical Complex La Caridad in Nacozari (Sonora, Mexico)

· BASF Mexicana: Relief and Safety Valve Engineering in Altamira (Mexico)

· Transfluid: Technical Support during the Environmental Assessment Study for a Maritime Storage Terminal

· Polysius: Civil and Structural Engineering Services for a Cement Plant Expansion (Guatamala)


· Imperial Oil, KOSP Project in Fort McMurray (Canada): “As-built” Drawing Services

· Bristol Myers Squibb, Pharmaceutical Producer, in Mexico City (Mexico): Facilities Integration including demolition services

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Business Unit Contracting ThyssenKrupp UhdeAmericas

thyssenkrupp uhde

TKUEP

oil & gAs Business lineEnergy and Power Global Limited, which joined the ThyssenKrupp Uhde group in 2012 and was then renamed ThyssenKrupp Uhde Energy and Power (TKUEP), will be boosting the expertise of the group in the upstream oil and gas business and expanding the group’s range of services.

TKUEP was involved in various successful projects during 2012, including acting as lenders’ engineer on the Tullow Oil Jubilee project (offshore Ghana), Front-End Engineering Definition on a pipeline for Gulf Keystone Petroleum in Kurdistan (Iraq) and various concept and Basic Engineering require-ments for Sasol Petroleum International on their Temane facility (Mozambique).

TKUEP has been heavily involved with a Salt-Cavern-Based Gas Storage Project in the United Kingdom, acting as the Owner’s Engineer representatives for EDF Energy. Responsibilities included defining the engineering design criteria, verifying the design, and carrying out the construction and commis-sioning of the gas storage facilities. The scheme covers the addition of further former salt produc-tion cavities to existing cavities that were leached specifically for gas storage.

TKUEP was contracted by Sasol Petroleum to devel-op the detailed design, procure equipment and manage the construction works via an EPCM con-tract for an Extended Well Test (EWT) facility at the company’s Inhassoro field in southern Mozambique.

On 21 April 2012 TKUEP was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. The award was presented on 18 September 2012 at TKUEP’s Welsh office by H.M. Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, D. Byron Lewis Esq., CStJ, FCA, the Queen’s official representative. The award is made by the Queen on the advice of the UK Prime Minister. It is a public acknowledgement of out-standing achievement in international trade.

During the next year TKUEP will use its expertise to advance the growth of ThyssenKrupp Uhde in the upstream Oil & Gas market with the aim of becoming the centre of excellence for the group in upstream Oil & Gas.

THySSENKRUPP UHDE ENERGy AND POWER IN BRIEF

New contracts

· EDF Energy

· Sasol Petroleum International

· Gulf Keystone Petroleum

· E.ON Ruhrgas

· Dragon LNG (Petronas, BG Group)

· Vitol

· Hess

· Tullow Oil

· ERC Equipoise

· Dubai Supply Authority

· Euroil

· Nautical Petroleum

· Bank of Scotland

· Sasol Petroleum


· Owner’s Engineer on Gas Storage project

· Project Management and Engineering support services on an LNG Import Terminal

· Commissioning of onshore UK gas wells

· EPCM on Mozambique gas development

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illustrations thyssenkrupp uhde’s head office in Dortmund (germany) // source: geocontent p. 3

exhibition stand at AcHeMA 2012 p. 9

shale gas deposits in the usA p. 16

thyssenkrupp uhde’s activities in the usA p. 19

shale gas deposits in europe p. 23

Ammonia train in Arzew (Algeria) p. 26

As AlexFert plant construction site in Alexandria (egypt) p. 29

shaanxi Beiyuan chemical co. ltd.’s plant in Jinjie, shenmu, Yulin city;

shaanxi Province (P.r. china) p. 31

coke oven plant near taichung (taiwan) p. 32

Mtg plant for Jincheng Anthracite coal Mining p. 34

Multi-purpose fermentation plant in leuna (germany) p. 36

lDPe 3 project for QAPco, Mesaieed (Qatar) p. 39

Manufacture of an eVA autoclave p. 42

redox flow battery p. 45

uhde shedden’s head office in Melbourne (Australia) // source: Digitalglobe p. 48

coke oven battery in Fukuyama (Japan) p. 49

styrene acrylonitrile copolymer plant for irPc in rayong Province (thailand) p. 50

uhde (thailand) ltd.’s head office in Bangkok // source: Digitalglobe p. 51

uhde engineering consulting (shanghai) co. ltd. // source: Digitalglobe p. 53

coke oven battery in Duisburg (germany) p. 54

Phosphate fertiliser plant for incro s.A. in Jorf lasfar (Morocco) // source: Digitalglobe p. 58

reformer at Mahul refinery in Mumbai (india) p. 59

Head office of thyssenkrupp industrial solutions south Africa (Pty.) ltd. in Johannesburg (south Africa)

source: geosense p. 60

clairton works in Pennsylvania (usA) p. 62

uhde corporation of America’s head office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (usA)

source: Digitalglobe p. 63

uhde engineering de México’s head office in Mexico city (Mexico)


tkueP’s head office in london (uk)


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