Godrej & Boyce partners with Tecnimont for IOCL project
Published by Bella Weetch,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
Godrej & Boyce, the flagship company of the Godrej Group, has announced that its business, Godrej Process Equipment – a leader in manufacturing custom-built process equipment – has delivered its heaviest equipment, a xylene column, from its state-of-the-art facility in Dahej, Gujarat. The equipment, weighing 1000 t, is made for Tecnimont for Indian Oil Corp. Ltd (IOCL)’s integrated paraxylene-purified terephthalic acid (PX-PTA) project at the Paradip refinery in Odisha, India. The xylene column will help in processing feedstock and producing liquids and vapours. This column will be a crucial element in the process, and this plant would be a ready source of feedstock for a 300 000 tpy textile yarn manufacturing project.
India's annual petrochemical consumption is expected to triple to 80 million t by 2040, allowing for investment in new facilities. This will reduce dependency on imports of the same. Further, advancements in the petrochemical industry have opened the door to several upcoming and ongoing large-scale projects. Such projects, with stringent processes, require critical equipment – and Godrej Process Equipment can manufacture and deliver such equipment.
The new PX-PTA project specifically complements IOC's current petrochemical-related initiatives at Paradip, assisting the government of Odisha in its ambition to establish itself as a petroleum, chemicals and petrochemical investment region (PCPIR). This would propel the level of the petrochemical industry in India to global standards, which would further help in attracting sizable investments and creating significant economic benefits and employment opportunities in Odisha.
This oversized consignment, weighing 1000 t, was manufactured by Godrej Process Equipment with a shell diameter of more than 8 m and 75 m long. The equipment has been successfully developed, built and tested at its state-of-the-art, coastal manufacturing facility located in Dahej, Gujarat, India, and is being dispatched through its self-owned sea-going jetty, which is capable of handling large, oversized consignments.
Stephen Murugaiah, Vice President – Projects, Tecnimont, said: "In collaboration with Godrej Process Equipment, we started this project 20 months ago. As the equipment travelled from Godrej's private jetty circling from the West to the East coast via Sri Lanka, it celebrated a proud moment for every Indian witnessing such a phenomenon. We are grateful to Godrej & Boyce's 125-year-old vision that has enabled one of the biggest revolutions to materialise for the first time in India."
Hussain Shariyarr, Senior Vice President & Business Head, Godrej Process Equipment, said: “We are thrilled to hand over the xylene column, the heaviest equipment we have made. This delivery is a significant achievement for us since it demonstrates our enhanced ability to manufacture and ship an oversized consignment successfully from our advanced facility in Dahej. Due to several refineries and petrochemical projects in the Eastern and Southwestern parts of India, we have identified enormous business potential in the regions owing to the existing plants as well as the forthcoming expansion projects. We look to grow our business and double our revenue by FY25.”
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/refining/31012023/godrej-boyce-partners-with-tecnimont-for-iocl-project/
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