Ruwais Fertilizer Industries (FERTIL), a member of ADNOC Group of companies, was established in October 1980 as a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and TOTAL, with a shareholding ratio of 2:1 respectively

15 October 1980

FERTIL was established through an Amiri Decree.

 

Joint Venture between ADNOC and TOTAL:

 

ADNOC

TOTAL

66.67%

 

33.33%

December 1980

Construction for 1,000 MTPD Ammonia Plant and 1,500 MTPD Urea Plant along with associated Utilities and Ammonia/Urea Storages and Product Handling Facilities, began in December 1980

 

 

25 November 1983

First Ammonia Production

14 December 1983

First Urea Production

 

 

22 January 1984

First Ammonia Shipment (8,827 MT)

27 February 1984

First Urea Shipment (15,750 MT bulk)

 

 

1998

Achieved 5th position in ADNOC HSE Performance Awards

 

 

1999

Achieved 2nd position in ADNOC HSE Performance Awards

 

 

2003

Achieved 2nd position in ADNOC HSE Performance Awards

22nd May 2007

Achieved 2nd position in ADNOC HSE Award 2006 under the "Health" category

 

 

2002, 2003 & 2004

Achieved  the  Gold  Award  of  Royal  Society  for  the  Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA of UK) for excellent Occupational Safety Records.

2005

Achieved the Gold Medal of RoSPA of UK

21st May 2006

Received RoSPA Gold Medal 2005 Award

22nd May 2007

Received RoSPA Gold Medal 2006 Award

 

 

March 2003

Achieved Environmental Quality Certification ISO 14001

December 2003

Achieved Occupational Health & Safety Certification OHSAS 18001

October 2004

Achieved ISO 9001 Certificate for Quality Management System

March 2006

Achieved the Dubai Quality Appreciation Program Award for industrial sector

June 2006

Achieved the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award for industrial sector

01 July 2006

Achieved 13 Years of operations without Lost Time Injury

31st December 2006

Achieved 13.5 years without Lost Time Injury

26 October 2006

Achieved 12 Million Man-hours without Lost Time Injury

 

 

Peak Productions:

Urea

07 January

1997

Daily

1,905 MT

 

December

1998

Monthly

58,625 MT

 

 

2003

Yearly

653,943 MT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peak Productions:

Ammonia

 

 

 

22 April

2002

Daily

1,346 MT

 

January

2002

Monthly

41,229 MT

 

 

2003

Yearly

473,987 MT

 

 

 

17 January 2002

First Ethylene Shipment of 3,916 MT

 

 

11 October 2005

1000 ships loaded through FERTIL terminal.

 

 

30 April 2007

Shipments: in total FERTIL handled more than 1060 ships.

 

1,857,443 Metric Tons of Liquid Ammonia dispatched.

 

12,856,897 Metric Tons of Urea dispatched.

 

253,317 Metric Tons of Liquid Ethylene dispatched for Borouge

19 July 2007

Signing of Urea Debottlenecking Project Contracts