Feb 4 2010
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured two major orders valued at Rs. 2155 crores from National Fertilizers Limited (NFL) for Ammonia Feedstock Conversion Projects at Panipat (Haryana) and Bathinda (Punjab). The two projects involve changeover of the feedstock of the existing 900TPD ammonia plants from fuel oil to natural gas. Both projects will be executed concurrently and are expected to be ready for commissioning by end January 2013.
The projects have been awarded on a lump sum turnkey basis, including process technology. It demonstrates L&T’s integrated capabilities in executing critical plants for fertilizers and refineries. With the earlier award of a similar project, L&T has now secured three feedstock conversion projects in Fertiliser enhancing the Company’s extensive track record in the sector. In the decades when the fertilizer sector was active, L&T was acknowledged as a leading player in the field and had executed critical sections for several fertilizer plants in India and abroad on a complete Engineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) basis.
L&T will utilize the world renowned synthesis gas technology of Haldor Topsøe, Denmark. The scope of work includes process license, know-how and basic engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, interconnection with existing facilities, testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning and performance guarantees.
The orders, bagged by L&T’s Engineering & Construction Division against competition from global EPC companies, are part of the feedstock conversion projects ordered, as per the directive of the Government of India, to convert fuel oil / LSHS based ammonia plants to natural gas. The conversion will reduce energy consumption in the manufacture of ammonia.
Source: http://www.larsentoubro.com/