L&T secures IndianOil order

Mumbai: Engineering major Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has bagged Rs 693-crore order from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) for constructing two trains of 300 tonnes per day Sulphur Recovery Units (EPCC-5) along with associated facilities such as Amine Regeneration Unit, Sour Water Stripper and Tail Gas Treatment Unit for enhanced Sulphur recovery up to 99.9 per cent.

The project would enable IOC to produce low sulphur clean fuels to meet regulatory requirements.

IOC, which operates one of its biggest refineries located at Koyali on the outskirts of Vadodara, Gujarat, intends to set up these Sulphur Recovery Plants as part of their fuels upgradation project and have awarded the order on EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) basis to L&T.

Toyo Engineering India Ltd has been retained by IOC to provide services for Project Management Consultancy (PMC) and Black & Veatch (USA) are the process licensors.

The order comprises residual process design, detailed engineering, procurement, supply, transportation, storage, fabrication, inspection, construction, installation, testing, mechanical completion, pre-commissioning, commissioning and performance guarantee test runs for the project.