Technip bags contract for BPCL's industrial gas complex in Kochi.

French engineering & construction company Technip was awarded by the US-based Air Products a contract to provide project management, as well as engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for a new industrial gas complex for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited's Kochi Refinery (BPCL-KR) in Kerala.

Being built on a build-own-operate basis (BOO), the industrial gas complex of Air Products is designed to cater to the requirement of industrial gases (hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen) of BPCL-KR for its Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP), which will increase BPCL-KR's crude refining capacity from 9.5 million metric tonnes per annum to 15.5 million metric tonnes per annum (from 190,000 barrels per day to 310,000 barrels per day) and produce clean transportation fuels to meet Euro IV/V specifications.

The plant will feature the latest technology advancements to maximise energy efficiency and minimise emissions, and will include optimal heat integration, which in turn lowers feedstock consumption during production.

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