Sohar International Urea & Chemical Industries (SIUCI) has started trial production at its $638m urea and ammonia plant at Sohar, Oman, more than a year behind schedule.
The project was completed within the original budget, the company said in a 2 May statement.
The plant was originally meant to come on stream in the first quarter of 2008. SIUCI said in November 2007 that the plant was 98 per cent complete, and would soon be ready for trial production.
The company has given no reason for the intervening delay.
The plant has a capacity of more than 1.2 million tonnes a year, according to SIUCI.
Mistubishi heavy Industries Fertiliser Project Contracting & Construction Company, a subsidiary of Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was the construction contractor on the plant.
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