Energy industry engineering and construction solutions provider McDermott has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by India Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
The contract is for the maleic anhydride (MAH) unit at the Panipat refinery and petrochemical complex, located 62 miles (100 kilometers) from New Delhi, India, the company said in its statement.
McDermott said its scope includes project management and consulting services for the unit, including front-end engineering design (FEED), review of engineering activities, construction supervision services, assistance in commissioning, pre-commissioning, commissioning, performance guarantee testing and project closure.
“McDermott has a long-standing relationship with IOCL and is currently executing three large-scale projects at its Barauni and Haldia refineries,” said Vaseem Khan, McDermott Senior Vice President, Onshore. “Our unmatched project management and execution capability, combined with our decades of experience in India, uniquely positions us to execute this project successfully.”
It is worth recalling that McDermott was awarded the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a new naphtha hydrotreating unit and a new isomerization unit with associated facilities for the project d ‘expansion of Barauni Refinery in Bihar, India for Indian Oil Corporation Limited, in 2021.
The units treat heavy naphtha streams by removing sulphur, nitrogen and metal compounds to produce Bharat Stage-6 compliant petrol. Bharat Stage-6 compliance produces cleaner fuel to meet high emission standards.
Also in 2021, McDermott received two independent Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract awards from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the Haldia Refinery and the Barauni Refinery.
The first award is an EPCC contract for a new diesel hydrotreating unit and associated facilities for the Barauni refinery expansion project. The second award is an EPCC contract for the catalytic dewaxing unit and associated facilities at the Haldia refinery in West Bengal, India.
As for the TAC plant at the Panipat complex, it is India’s first large-scale TAC plant manufacturing chemicals. MAH is used to manufacture specialty products such as polyester resins, surface coating plasticizers, agrochemicals, and lubricant additives. Other chemicals to be produced from the plant include Tetra Hydro Furan (THF), which is widely used in adhesives and vinyl films, and Butanediol (BDO), which is used in engineering plastics and fibers biodegradable, says the statement.
Work on the project will be run from McDermott’s Center of Excellence in Gurugram, India, the company said.
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