Rentech Energy Midwest Corporation
Rentech Energy Midwest Corporation (herein referred to as "REMC" or “the Company”) is a Delaware corporation that operates a nitrogen manufacturing plant, located in East Dubuque, Illinois, which produces nitrogen-based fertilizer products and industrial nitrogen products. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rentech, Inc.
Production Facility
 The manufacturing facility in East Dubuque, Illinois (the production facility will be herein referred to as “East Dubuque”) is designed to produce anhydrous ammonia, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate solution, liquid and granular urea, nitrogen solutions (urea ammonium nitrate solution or “UAN”) and carbon dioxide using natural gas as a feedstock. East Dubuque is located in the northwest corner of Illinois on a 150 foot bluff above the Mississippi River with access to the river for loading certain products through Company owned loading facilities. East Dubuque operates ammonia and UAN pipelines to transport product from on site storage to barges on the Mississippi River.
East Dubuque operates continuously, except for planned shutdowns for maintenance and efficiency improvements. East Dubuque has historically operated at full capacity except for temporary cutbacks or shutdowns for maintenance or extraordinary market conditions. This plant can optimize the product mix according to swings in demand and pricing for its various products. In 2004, this plant produced approximately 1,043,300 tons of these products, compared to approximately 825,700 tons in 2003. Some products were sold as produced, and others were consumed in the production of upgraded nitrogen products. Final products shipped from the plant during 2004 totaled approximately 498,300 tons of ammonia and upgraded nitrogen products, compared to approximately 376,400 tons in 2003. Carbon dioxide shipments totaled approximately 108,900 tons and 155,600 tons in 2004 and 2003, respectively.
East Dubuque Facility
The fully integrated East Dubuque plant is the cornerstone of Rentech, Inc.'s business activity. The plant was designed to produce anhydrous ammonia, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate solution, liquid and granular urea, nitrogen solutions (UAN) and carbon dioxide.
The following diagram illustrates the flow of materials and products through the plant's processes.
The production facilities at the East Dubuque facility include the following:
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