Lordegan Urea Fertilizer Company (LUFC)

What Lordegan Urea Fertilizer Company (LUFC) does

Lordegan Urea Fertilizer Company (LUFC) (شرکت کود شیمیایی اوره لردگان) is an Iranian petrochemical producer operating a single integrated ammonia-urea complex in the Falard District of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, 55 km from Lordegan city, established in 2008 (Iranian year 1387). The facility produces ammonia at 2,050 tons/day via the Casale (Switzerland) Haber-Bosch process and converts it on-site into urea at 3,250 tons/day via the Stamicarbon (Netherlands) CO2 stripping-total recycle process, operating at approximately 145 atm and 170–184°C, with full recycling of unreacted feedstock. Urea is sold in granular (2–4 mm) and prilled forms at 46.7% nitrogen content for agricultural fertilizer, resin, and AdBlue (diesel exhaust fluid) applications; surplus ammonia is sold for downstream industrial use.

The company sells its output through three parallel channels: direct domestic sales (cash-settled with weekly price quotes from the Downstream Industries Development Office, Sunday to Thursday), exchange-based sales through the Iran Commodity Exchange (Bourse) with Bank Sepah settlement accounts, and export sales coordinated through Tejarat Sanat (تجارت صنعت), the captive commercial broker of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Holding, under FCA Lordegan Petrochemical and FOB Imam Khomeini / Shahid Rajaee port terms, with tenders for approximately 200,000 tons/year of export urea. Customers include agricultural fertilizer distributors, industrial chemical buyers, and pre-registered (KYC) international buyers; a formal customer satisfaction survey process covers price, quality, delivery, packaging, and complaint handling across sales, finance, technical, and warehouse units.

LUFC is a subsidiary of Petrol (Investment and Development Group of Complementary Industries of Persian Gulf Petrochemical) (گروه سرمایه‌گذاری و توسعه صنایع تکمیلی پتروشیمی خلیج فارس / پترول), itself embedded within the state-affiliated Persian Gulf Petrochemical Holding (هلدینگ خلیج فارس) ecosystem under Ministry of Petroleum and NIPC oversight. The complex holds ISO 14001:2015 environmental certification, achieved 111% production performance versus the prior year (ranking in the top 10 of Holding production companies), placed 2nd in the Holding's employee satisfaction growth rate index in year 1404, and participated in the 12th cycle of the Petrochemical Industry Excellence Award. The company's stated strategic intent, as communicated on its website, is to develop downstream industries through the private sector and complete the petrochemical value chain within Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province.

Name

Lordegan Urea Fertilizer Company (LUFC)

Legal name

Lordegan chemical fertilizer and urea Co.

Website

https://lufc.ir

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Lordegan Urea Fertilizer Company (LUFC) is an Iranian petrochemical producer operating an integrated ammonia (2,050 t/day) and urea (3,250 t/day) complex in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province since 2008, serving agricultural distributors, industrial chemical buyers, and export markets via domestic, Bourse, and Tejarat Sanat channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Petrochemical Fertilizers

NAICS

Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing (325311), Industrial Gas Manufacturing (32512)

akta.pro primary industry

Nitrogen Fertilizers (Ammonia/Urea/UAN) (IMAEAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nitrogen Fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, UAN, Ammonium Nitrate/Sulfate) (AFABABAA)

Keywords

• Urea fertilizer production
• Ammonia manufacturing
• Petrochemical fertilizers
• Nitrogen fertilizer supply
• Bulk fertilizer exports

Headquarters

HQ city

Tehran

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Urea Sales (Domestic & Export): Urea is sold both domestically through the Iran Commodity Exchange (exchange sales) and direct sales channels, as well as for export. Export is handled via Tejarat Sanat (Trading & Industry Company), the commercial arm of the Persian Gulf Petrochemical Holding, with delivery terms FCA Lordegan Petrochemical or FOB Imam Khomeini Port and Shahid Rajaee Port. The company tenders for export transportation of approximately 200,000 tons of urea per year.
2. Ammonia Sales (Domestic & Export): Ammonia is produced at 2,050 tons/day and primarily used as feedstock for in-house urea production. Surplus ammonia is sold domestically and for export through the same channels as urea, with settlement through bank transfers to designated accounts at Bank Sepah.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lordegan Urea Fertilizer Company (LUFC) is a petrochemical manufacturer that produces ammonia (2,050 tons/day) using the Casale (Switzerland) Haber process and urea (3,250 tons/day) using the Stamicarbon (Netherlands) CO2 stripping-total recycle process. Ammonia is primarily used as in-house feedstock for urea production, with surplus sold domestically and for export. Urea is sold as a nitrogen fertilizer (46.7% nitrogen content) in granular form for agricultural, industrial, and AdBlue applications. Products are distributed through direct domestic sales, Iran Commodity Exchange (Bourse) sales, and export sales coordinated through Tejarat Sanat.

Product overview

Lordegan Urea Fertilizer Company (LUFC) operates as a petrochemical complex producing two core chemical products: Ammonia (2,050 tons/day capacity, licensed by Casale of Switzerland) and Urea (3,250 tons/day capacity, licensed by Stamicarbon of the Netherlands). The plant converts natural gas feedstock through the Haber process to produce ammonia, which then serves as feedstock for urea production via the CO2 striping-total recycle process. The company markets both products through multiple domestic and export sales channels, including direct sales, commodity exchange (bourse), and export channels. Products are sold as ammonia (liquid) and urea in various forms (granular, prilled) primarily for agricultural fertilizer use, with additional industrial applications including resin production and diesel exhaust fluid (AdBlue).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ammonia (NH3) Ammonia (NH3) produced via the Haber process from hydrogen and nitrogen at high temperature and pressure, licensed by Casale (Switzerland), with daily production capacity of 2,050 tons. Primarily used as in-house feedstock for urea production; surplus is sold domestically and exported for industrial chemical applications including fertilizer production, refrigeration, and chemical manufacturing. Industrial-grade with consistent quality.
• Urea (CO(NH2)2) Urea (CO(NH2)2) produced from ammonia and carbon dioxide via the CO2 stripping-total recycle process, licensed by Stamicarbon (Netherlands), with daily production capacity of 3,250 tons. Available in granular form (2-4mm diameter) and marketed as Urea ON (prilled) and Urea OFF (granular). Contains 46.7% nitrogen — the highest among solid nitrogen fertilizers — reducing transport cost per unit of nitrogen. Used as nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture, in resin production, and as AdBlue for diesel NOx removal.

Quantifiable outcome

• 111% production performance vs same period last year, ranking in top 10 of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Holding
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tejarat Sanat (Trading & Industry Company) - Commercial Broker of Persian Gulf Petrochemical HoldingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTejarat Sanat acts as the official commercial broker and trading arm for the Persian Gulf Petrochemical Holding. It handles all foreign trade, export sales coordination, and KYC registration for international buyers of petrochemical products including urea and ammonia from Lordegan. Export sales procedures, PI issuance, and buyer registration are managed through Tejarat Sanat.
• Casale (Switzerland) - Technology LicensorcoreTechnology or IntegrationCasale SA of Switzerland is the technology licensor for the ammonia production unit at Lordegan Petrochemical. The Casale process is used for ammonia synthesis from natural gas via the Haber-Bosch route including desulfurization, reforming, water-gas shift, CO2 removal, methanation, and synthesis loop, producing 2,050 tons of ammonia per day.
• Stamicarbon (Netherlands) - Technology LicensorcoreTechnology or IntegrationStamicarbon (formerly part of Snamprogetti/YSEC) of the Netherlands is the technology licensor for the urea production unit at Lordegan. The CO2 stripping-total recycle process is used to produce 3,250 tons of urea per day from ammonia and CO2 feedstock, operating at approximately 145 atm pressure and 170–184°C.
• Ministry of Petroleum / National Petrochemical Company (NIPC) - Supplier EcosystemminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe company operates within the broader Iranian petrochemical ecosystem under the supervision of the Ministry of Petroleum and the National Petrochemical Company (NIPC). Suppliers registered with the Ministry of Petroleum's approved vendor list or the Persian Gulf Petrochemical Holding's supplier list are given priority for procurement contracts.
• Bank Sepah - Banking PartnerminorOthersBank Sepah (Seventh Tir Tehran Branch, Code 247) serves as the designated banking partner for all domestic sales transactions, including contract value payments and VAT settlements, with specific IBAN accounts for rial and tax transactions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SABIC: Saudi Arabia's flagship petrochemical producer and Persian Gulf peer; integrated across fertilizers, polymers, and base chemicals. SABIC's fertilizer arm (formerly SAFCO/Ar-Razi) competes with LUFC for MENA and South Asian urea tenders from a much larger asset base.
• Nutrien: Canadian fertilizer giant formed from the Agrium–PotashCorp merger with the world's largest nitrogen capacity. Benchmark for global nitrogen unit economics and urea pricing; competes indirectly with LUFC in global urea tenders.
• Yara International: Global nitrogen fertilizer leader headquartered in Norway, producing ammonia and urea across multiple regions. Serves as the global pricing benchmark for urea, which sets the ceiling on LUFC's FOB export realization at Imam Khomeini and Shahid Rajaee ports.

Direct peers

• OCI Global: Netherlands-based global nitrogen fertilizer producer with large-scale ammonia and urea assets in the US, Europe, and MENA. Comparable production economics, downstream derivatives exposure, and tech stack (Stamicarbon-licensed at multiple sites).
• Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (Koch Fertilizer): North American nitrogen producer with significant ammonia, urea, and DEF capacity under Enid and Beatrice operations. Provides a private/divisional benchmark for a single-nitrogen producer comparable in commercial positioning to LUFC.
• CF Industries: North America's largest nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer, producing ammonia, urea, and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN). Comparable production scale and serves as a useful benchmark for ammonia/urea capital intensity, cost curves, and end-market dynamics.
• Shiraz Petrochemical Company: Iranian petrochemical complex producing ammonia and urea alongside other chemicals. Competes with LUFC for domestic agricultural offtake and Persian Gulf Petrochemical Holding sales-channel access, and operates on a comparable technology stack.
• Kermanshah Petrochemical Company: Iranian fertilizer petrochemical producer focused on ammonia and urea. Competes head-to-head with LUFC for western and central Iranian agricultural demand and uses comparable licensed process technology.
• Pardis Petrochemical Company: Iran's largest single-site urea and ammonia producer and direct domestic competitor to LUFC. Both run Stamicarbon/Casale licensed lines at comparable scale, target Iranian agricultural demand, and route export sales through Persian Gulf Petrochemical Holding's commercial infrastructure.
• Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company (BIPC): Major Iranian petrochemical complex and historical leader in domestic ammonia/urea production. Overlaps with LUFC on both feedstock supply and downstream off-take in Iran; a benchmark for understanding the size of LUFC's domestic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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