L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has bagged an order from HPCL Rajasthan Refinery (HRRL), a joint venture between the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) and the Government of Rajasthan. The engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract is for setting up a dual feed cracker unit (DFCU) with a capacity of 890 kilo tpa (EPCC-07 Package) for Rajasthan Refinery Project at Barmer. The DFCU is the biggest EPCC contract awarded in the country to date in the Refinery and Petrochemical sector. The unit is licensed by TechnipFMC.
The DFCU is used to convert Refinery Naphtha and Offgases to produce polymer grade Ethylene and Propylene by the process of thermal cracking. The Ethylene and Propylene is used as feed stock for downstream Polyethylene unit and Polypropylene unit. The process also produces byproducts like Butadiene, Benzene, Toluene and Gasoline. LTHE is already executing three packages, namely residue upgradation facility, crude distillation unit/vacuum distillation unit and full conversion hydrocracker unit for HPCL’s ongoing Visakh refinery modernisation project at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The contract is awarded through an international competitive bidding on lump sum turnkey (LSTK) basis. With both the petro fluidised catalytic cracking units and dual feed cracker unit projects, LTHE has emerged as the largest EPC contractor in the entire Rajasthan Refinery Project. Organised under offshore, onshore, construction services, modular fabrication and engineering services verticals, LTHE delivers design-to-build engineering and construction solutions across the hydrocarbon spectrum. The estimated value of the contract is over Rs 7,000 crore.