L&T has built the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking regenerator and combustor, which is billed as the fifth largest in the world for RPL in Gujarat.
MUMBAI: Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) on Tuesday said it has built the world's fifth largest regenerator and combustor for Reliance Petroleum Ltd's (RPL) export-oriented refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
L&T's heavy engineering division-Hazira Works, has built the Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) regenerator and combustor, which is billed as the fifth largest in the world for RPL in Gujarat, L&T said in a communiqué to BSE.
The project was completed six weeks ahead of schedule and is a repeat order placed on L&T by Reliance for the Jamnagar Export Refinery Project (JERP).
The company had bagged the Rs 303 crore order in November 2005 for supply of FCC regenerator and reactor which perform critical process functions in refineries.
The company had previously built a similar FCC regenerators and combustors for Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) refinery in Jamnagar in 1998.
The equipment is 16.3 metre in diameter, an overall length of 40 metres and weight of 1,320 MT carbon-manganese steel was used for the construction of the equipment which has more than 170 MT of stainless steel internals.
The process licensor for this equipment is UOP-USA. Mechanical design, detailed engineering and fabrication were done by the company's Hazira Works.
Incidentally, the company's Hazira Works is in the final stage of its capacity expansion project with which the shop capacity is doubled including a super-heavy bay which can handle 2,000 MT plus weight equipment.
The shares of Larsen were trading at Rs 1,736.20, up 0.03 per cent on BSE in morning trade.
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