Presentation of Yara

and
Yara Porsgrunn

Yara is the worlds leading provider of both

nitrogen-based fertilizer and industrial
products
Revenues (2008)

Number of employees

8,000
NOK 88.8
billion
50 countries
located in more than

Global #1
in ammonia
in nitrates
in NPK
in specialty fertilizers

What we do
We convert energy, natural minerals and nitrogen from the air
into essential products for the farmers and industrial
customers.

Natural gas
Air

Ammonia
production

Fertilizer and
industrial
production

Phosphate

Potash

The industrys global player with sales to 120 countries

Global fertilizer sales 20.5 mil. tonnes
55%

Europe
11.2 mil tons
10%

North
America
2.0 mil. tons

9%

8%
18%

Sales
Yara plants
Joint venture plants
Sales offices

Latin America
3.8 mil. tons

Africa
1.7 mil. tons

Asia
1.8 mil. tons

Yara Porsgrunn

Yara Porsgrunn

Ammonia
Nitric Acid

CN sol + liq

NPK

Material Handling
Port, bagging, storage

How we are organized

Organization Chart

P la n t M a n a g e r
G e e rt

A m m o n ia
4 2
R o b

N P K /C N
1 3 2
P e r

We are 391 employees

N i t r ic A c id
5 6
R u n e

300 on shift in operations, 6 shift

structure
Maintenance is outsourced

4 layer concept:

Operator
Supervisor
Department / Production manager
Plant manager

M a t e r i a l H a n d li n g
8 0
O d d v a r

T e c h n ic a l S u p p o rt
3 3
P l

M a in te n a n c e
P r o je c ts
P r o d u c tio n s u p p o rt
3

H E S Q
+ 1 6 +
K n u t

L a b o r a to r y
P la n t in s p e c t i o n
H R
4
A rn e

F in a n c e /P la n n in g
1 8
A lf

P u r c h a s in g
W a re h o u s e
7
H e lg e

Yara Porsgrunn - Facts

Production start:

1929 Calcium Nitrate

1938 NPK plant 2
1968 NPK plant 3
1987 NPK plant 4

Volumes:

NPK
Calcium Nitrate
Nitric Acid
Ammonia
CO2

Employees:

1 950 000 ton

900 000 ton
1 300 000 ton
525 000 ton
200 000 ton

391

- worlds largest Fullgjdsel plant

- worlds largest Kalksalpeter plant
- worlds scale Salptersyrefabrikk

Production
- From raw materials to finished fertilizers

Nitrogen (N) from air

Ammonia

Oxygen (O) from air

Nitric Acid

NPK and CN

Finished products:
Natural
gas

Natural minerals:
Phosphorus (P)
Potassium (K)

NPK
CN (solid and liquid)
Industrial products

Yara Porsgrunn delivers products to several

market segments (in red)
MARKET SEGMENTS
CORE
PRODUCTS

Urea
AN/CAN

Plant
Nutrition

Environmental
Solutions

Beverages/
Food Safety

Process
Industry

Mining

N
E
W

CN
NPK
Micros

S
E
G

CO2

Nitric acid

NH3
Tech. nitrates

N
T
S

Vessel types

Yara Porsgrunn - btstrrelser

Inngende : 3000 - 25 000 mt
Utgende : 3000 - 44 000 mt

4000 mt rstoff (trr bulk)

32 000 mt Fullgjdsel/KS (trr bulk)

Vrt ultimate ml fornyde kunder som har

brukt Yara gjdsel for ke matvareproduksjon