EIL won contract for Coker unit from CPCL

Engineers India Ltd has bagged an Rs 670 crore contract from Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd (CPCL) for the construction of a coker unit that will convert residual oil in the refinery into fuel.

EIL secured a lump sum turnkey contract (LSTK) worth over Rs 670 crore from CPCL for Residuary Upgradation Project (Coker Block). A coker or coker unit is an oil refinery processing unit that converts the residual oil into low molecular weight hydrocarbon gases, naphtha, light and heavy gas oils, and petroleum coke.

The CPCL project comprises of delayed coker unit and LPG CFC treating unit. EIL's scope of work involves project management, residual process design, detailed engineering, procurement, inspection and expediting, tendering, construction management and supervision including quality assurance, assistance in start-up, pre-commissioning, commissioning and guarantee test runs for units and facilities of plant.