Engineers India wins $139 million contact in Nigeria

The project is for implementing a grass root 20 million tonnes oil refinery

State-owned Engineers India Ltd (EIL) today said it has won a contract for a 400,000-barrels per day refinery cum petrochemical complex in Nigeria.

 

Nigeria's Dangote Group has awarded the project management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract for implementing a grass root 400,000 bpd (20 million tonnes) oil refinery and 600,000 tonnes polypropylene plant, the company said in a statement.

 

The contract is worth $139 million, "the largest ever single consultancy assignment for EIL", it added.

 

EIL shall render PMC including EPCM and commissioning services for the project.

 

The main facilities of the project comprise of crude distillation unit, single train residue fluid catalytic cracking unit, diesel hydrotreating unit, CCR unit, alkylation unit, poly-propylene unit etc, utilities and offsites including captive power with other enabling infrastructure facilities.

 

The crude and product handing facilities through Single Point Mooring (SPM) would also be integrated with the refinery, the statement said.

 

EIL is india's an engineering, procurement, construction and total solutions consultancy organisation in the fields of petroleum refining, petrochemicals, pipelines, oil & gas terminals & storages, fertilisers, mining & metallurgy and infrastructure projects.

 

The company is also working in diversified areas of water & waste management and has made inroads into the areas of nuclear, solar & thermal power.

 

EIL has successfully expanded its operations internationally, and has provided a wide range of engineering consultancy services on various international projects, including in the Middle East, North Africa and South East Asia.