Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd., Mumbai, has let a contract to Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) for consultancy services related to an expansion and upgrade of its Kochi refinery at Ambalmugal in the Indian state of Kerala.
The project will expand crude oil capacity at the refinery to 15.5 million tonnes/year (tpy) from 9.5 million tpy. It includes a new crude distillation unit, fluid catalytic cracker, and delayed coker.
EIL will provide consultancy services for project management, process design and residual process design, detailed engineering, procurement, inspection and expediting, tendering, construction management and supervision including quality assurance, and assistance in start-up and precommissioning activities.
Bob Tippee has been chief editor of Oil & Gas Journal since January 1999 and a member of the Journal staff since October 1977. Before joining the magazine, he worked as a reporter at the Tulsa World and served for four years as an officer in the US Air Force. A native of St. Louis, he holds a degree in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
