Engineers India Limited bags BPCL consultancy services for Kotchi Integrated Refinery Expansion Project

Engineers India Limited (EIL), on Friday, announced that it had secured consultancy services contract from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP), Kochi, for a Rs.720-crore fee.

The project involves enhancing crude oil refining capacity from the present 9.5 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) to 15.5 mmtpa, according to an official statement.

EIL will be providing consultancy services for project management, process design/ residual process design, detailed engineering, procurement, inspection and expediting, tendering, construction management and supervision including quality assurance, assistance in start-up, pre-commissioning, commissioning and guarantee test runs for units and facilities of plant.

Besides other major projects undertaken in the hydrocarbon sector by the company, EIL has to its credit 50 petroleum refinery projects, including grassroots, revamp and expansion. EIL has provided its services for most of the refineries existing in India owned by various prestigious clients such as IOC, BPCL, HPCL, CPCL, KRL, NRL and MRPL.

Of late, the company has diversified into newer areas such as nuclear, solar and thermal power, water and solid waste management, city gas distribution and fertilizers.

Source: The Hindu