Chemical & Fertiliser Expert Witness Services
We bring over 50 years of experience as independent consultants across the world to the chemicals and fertilisers industry. We take a scientific, unbiased approach in all our recommendations, acting purely in our clients’ best interests.
Expert Consultants in Chemical & Fertilisers Across 90 Countries
We are confident that our fertiliser expertise cannot be matched. Our team are independent
and continually involved in the engineering and control of major ammonia-urea and fertiliser
projects, and we have extensive litigation experience at the High Court and International Court
of Arbitration.
Our Clients
Our Accreditations
Our Fertiliser & Ammonia
Specialities:
- Ammonia Production from:
- Solid fuels
- Fuel oils
- Naphtha
- Natural gas
- Pesticides
- Herbicides
- Insecticides
- Phosphoric acid
- Boric acid
- Sulphuric acid
- Hydrochloric acid
- Fertilisers:
- Nitric acid
- Nitrogenous fertilisers
- NPK fertilisers
- Salt-based Industries:
- Caustic soda
- Chlorine
- Soda ash
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Our Expert Witness Services Includes
Expert advice and independent expert opinion
Site and equipment surveys
Process design reviews
Review of construction records
Examing compliance issues
Investigation of process and mechanical design defects, disruptions
Years Of Experience In Fertiliser Activities
Our chemical division and partner specialists are continually involved in fertiliser activities, with extensive experience in the review, design, engineering and control of major ammonia and urea projects.
Major Ammonia-Urea
Projects
- ✓ Major ammonia-urea projects
- ✓ Agronomic fertilizer development requirements
- ✓ Refrigerated ammonia storage tanks
- ✓ Export jetty of ammonia and urea
- ✓ Piping of urea and ammonia
Chemical
Logistics
- ✓ Ammonia conveyors and ship-loaders
- ✓ Hydraulically operated ammonia loading arms
- ✓ Urea storage buildings
- ✓ Reclaim conveyors
- ✓ Bagging plants
Industry Knowledge &
Relationships
- ✓ Product licensors
- ✓ Contractors
- ✓ Equipment suppliers
Chemical Clients Worldwide
Fertiliser and urea project expertise.
View Manderstam's fertiliser assignments
Worldwide Fertilizer Experience
Lithuania (Achema)
- Review international forms of model contract and advise programme schedules and cost
estimates for ACHEMA fertiliser plant Lithuania - $100M extension - Client The European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Participated in negotiations with prospective contractors with ACHEMA - Client The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Bahrain (GPIC)
- Manderstam carried out feasibility studies into port access and loading jetty layouts for urea
storage, transfer and ship loading on behalf of GPIC. Subsequently, Manderstam carried out on behalf of GPIC the conceptual design, bid documentation and project management support services for the new Urea plant constructed by a
Japanese contractor.
Invergordon Chemical Enterprises (Inverness, Scotland)
- The project consisted of a 1.000 tonnes per day ammonia unit and 1,700 tonnes per day urea
together with full off-sites and facilities. A thorough analysis of the various processing routes offered by four major contractors was required. Selection of the contractor was made after studying the process routes, the economics of each route, capital investment and terms and operating conditions of the contract.
Spain
- The design engineering and preparation of specifications for the production of ammonium
sulphate fertilizers in Tenerife.
Fertiliser Usage & Yield Analysis
Optimal application of fertilizers to enhance agricultural production
Choosing the right fertiliser to achieve and maintain optimum yields requires detailed knowledge of the soil characteristics, climate, the type of crop and its nutrient requirement.
Our specialist staff is familiar with typical plantation crops in environments across the world – and the problems associated with fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides – and understand how to achieve maximum economic return from them.
We can organise, supervise and interpret field work from soil analysis to crop response through our associates at Rothampstead Experimental Station, Dr W Flaig at the German Federal Agricultural Research Centre, and various university research departments in the UK.
