L&T awarded EPCC contract for BPCL’s PE plant

India’s L&T’s Hydrocarbon Onshore business vertical (L&T Onshore) says it has been awarded a major order from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL).

The scope of work encompasses engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a LLDPE/HDPE swing unit comprising two trains of 575,000 tonnes/year each, at Bina in Madhya Pradesh.

To be executed by L&T Onshore on a turnkey basis, it will be India’s largest LLDPE/HDPE unit, setting a new benchmark in PE production capacity.

The project forms an integral part of BPCL’s Bina Petrochemicals & Refinery Expansion Project which aims to set up a petrochemical complex and enhance refinery capacity from 7.8 to 11 million tonnes/year.

L&T Onshore is one of India’s largest EPC businesses, delivering turnkey solutions across the upstream, midstream and downstream hydrocarbon sectors.