Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOC) has let contracts to McDermott International Inc. to provide proprietary technology and catalyst for new units at IOC’s 125,300-b/d Barauni refinery in Begusarai District, Bihar, and its 277,400-b/d Koyali refinery at Vadodara in India’s western state of Gujarat.
As part of the contract, McDermott will deliver license and basic engineering design of a 200,000-tonne/year polypropylene unit at Barauni and a 420,000-tpy polypropylene unit at Koyali, both of which will use Lummus’ proprietary Novolen process reactors and proprietary NHP catalyst to produce a full range of polypropylene products for the Indian and regional markets, the service provider said.
The units come as part of the refiner’s plan to increase production of petrochemical products to help meet India’s growing demand for plastics.
McDermott, which valued each of the contract at $1-50 million, said the awards were reflected in the company’s third-quarter 2018 backlog.
Specific timeframes for completion of work on the two units, however, were not disclosed.
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