CF Industries temporarily shuts nitrogen complex in Woodward, US

11:30 AM, 30th October 2014

DEERFIELD, US: CF Industries Holdings, Inc announced that its entire Woodward, Oklahoma, nitrogen complex is off-line due to a problem in one of the boilers. All of the plants in the complex were safely shut down with no impact on personnel, the surrounding community or the environment. At this time the company estimates that it will take approximately 6 weeks to return the plant to normal operations. The Woodward complex has average annual production capacity for 480,000 tonne of gross ammonia, 820,000 tonne of UAN, and 25,000 tonne of urea liquor. The company’s sales organization is communicating with customers to work through product availability and delivery schedule implications.

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