Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) awarded a Rs 700 crore Engineering Procurement Construction and Commissioning contract to Essar Projects (EPL), headquartered in Dubai.

The scope of the contract includes EPC work and commissioning of the Coke Drum Structure Package (CDSP) of the Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) at the BPCL Kochi Refinery for the Integrated Refinery Expansion Project. This contract is said to be the single largest package of the BPCL Kochi Integrated Refinery Expansion Project.

Specifically, Essar Projects is responsible for project management, residual process design, detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, and performance testing of the Coke Drum Structure Package (CDSP) of Delayed Coker Unit for the Client, BPCL.

As part of Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP),  BPCL - Kochi Refinery is raising the capacity of its refinery facilities from 9.5 to 15.5 mn mtpa.

For Essar Projects, this is the second contract from BPCL this year, Alwyn Bowden, President & CEO of Essar Projects said.