Thyssenkrupp’s plant engineeringbusiness has been awarded an order by Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) worthapproximately `300-crore for a refinery expansion mega project. Under theorder, thyssenkrupp will provide engineering,
procurement and constructionmanagement (EPCM) services for various units of a refinery located inNumaligarh in Northeastern India.
NRL is expanding its refiningcapacity from three to nine million metric tons per year. The project isexpected to be completed by 2024.The refinery expansion project is part of thegovernment of India’s initiative towards ‘Hydrocarbon Vision 2030’ for theNortheast region of India. The efforts are aimed at exploiting the region’shydrocarbon sector to facilitate economic
development, enhance the accessto clean fuels, increase the availability of petroleum products, and createemployment opportunities.
The scope of supply includesengineering, procurement and construction management services for a new petrochemicalfluidised catalytic cracking (PFCC) unit with two million metric tons annualcapacity, units for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) treatment, gasolinedesulphurization, MS blocks having naphthahydrotreating, continuous catalyticreforming and isomerization units.