L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Bags Orders for Setting up Two Fertiliser Plants

L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a subsidiary of engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T), in consortium with UK-based provider of subsea, onshore, offshore, and surface technologies, TechnipFMC, has bagged two contracts from Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd. (HURL) for setting up two ferti-liser plants.

HURL is a joint venture of Coal India Ltd (CIL), National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Ltd. (HFCL).

The engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contracts are for setting up the two plants at Barauni (Bihar) and Sindri (Jharkhand). LTHE’s scope of work, worth in excess of Rs. 3,800-crore, consists of two 2,200-tpd ammonia plants. Both the projects shall be executed concurrently.

The plants will be based on ammonia technology of Haldor Topsoe, Denmark, and urea technology of Saipem, Italy. Both the projects, awarded through international competitive bidding, are on Lump Sum Turn Key (LSTK) basis and shall be executed concurrently. “Bagging these two orders from HURL reinforces our integrated capabilities in executing critical plants for the fertilisers, refinery and petrochemical segments,” said Mr. Subramanian Sarma, MD & CEO, LTHE.