L&T bags contract worth up to ₹2.5k cr for Australia's Urea Plant

Larsen & Toubro on Monday said its energy hydrocarbon business has bagged a contract from the Saipem & Clough JV (SCJV), Australia, for fabrication and supply of process and pipe rack modules for a 2.3 mmtpa urea plant for Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers. The value of the order is between ₹1,000 crore and ₹2,500 crore.

"The plant will be constructed on the Burrup Peninsula, approximately 20 km north of Karratha, Western Australia. On completion, this state-of-the-art facility will be the largest urea plant in Australia and one of the largest in the world," it said in a regulatory filing. L&T said the scope comprises about 50,000 mt of modules which is to be delivered in 32 months. These modules will be fabricated at the company's Kattupalli Modular Fabrication Facility. Fabricated modules will be shipped in a fully tested, pre-commissioned and ready to install condition to the project site in Australia.

Besides, L&T Heavy Engineering also secured multiple orders for the complete package of urea equipment for the same project.