L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, has won a large order from Tawfiq Coke Products, Oman for the construction of a coke calciner project in Sohar Industrial Estate.
The contract scope includes selection of technology licensor, front-end engineering and design (FEED) and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for 2x225,000 tonnes per annum plant of calcined coke from green pet coke, L&T said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
It said the process facilities include material handling, rotary kiln and cooler, combustion chamber, gas separation and associated offsite and utilities packages.
As per L&T’s project classification in the announcement, this new contract in Oman is mentioned as a ‘large’ contract that values over R25bn (approximately US$364mn).
Oman-based Salmeen Industrial Projects LLC (SIP) and its joint venture partner UK-based BSW Group Holdings recently agreed on the development of a petroleum coke calcining plant to be funded by BSW Group Holdings, according to a press statement.
Tawfiq Ali Salmeen al Lawati, chairman of Salmeen Industrial Projects, confirmed that the total cost of the project will be around US$430mn. He said that the completed calcining plant will annually produce 450,000 metric tonnes of calcined petroleum coke and the project is expected to reach commercial operation by 2022.
‘This award will further reinforce L&T’s operations in Oman and provide an opportunity to contribute to the expansion of industrial facilities in Sohar’, L&T said.
