L&T best bidder for Rs 13,000 cr HPCL’s refinery

Larsen & Toubro emerged as the best bidder for the tenders announced by the Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) Rajasthan Refinery and is set to win orders worth Rs 13,000 crore. The order may be awarded to L&T within a month. HPCL Rajasthan Refinery is being set up in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, with a capacity of 9 mmpta, the refinery-cum-petro chemical complex is slated to become one of the biggest in India. HPCL is a joint venture by the Rajasthan government and the state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. The first order is for setting up a dual-feed cracker unit (DFCU) at the refinery, and the other order is for building a petro fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC). Both orders will be executed by L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, and includes engineering, procurement and construction. HPCL Rajasthan Refinery reportedly received three bids for the DFCU and two bids for the setting up of the petro fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCC). Image Source