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PROJECT CONSULTANCY

Engineers India bolsters global projects portfolio

Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) has
advanced its global footprint and project
portfolio in 2023-24. This was revealed
by Ms. Vartika Shukla, Chairman &
Managing Director, EIL, and other
executives of the company in a press
meet to share its growth strategy, busi-
ness outlook and future roadmap.

Ms. Shukla said the commissioning
of the Dangote Oil Refinery Project in preparation for revamping the existing review, the organisation’s turnover
Nigeria, a $20-bn venture, reflects the AGRP-1 (Acid Gas Removal Plant) amounted to Rs. 3,232-crore in which
company’s pivotal role in advancing Unit at Mina Al Ahmadi Refinery the Consultancy and Engineering
the ‘Local to Global’ vision articulated (MAA) Refinery, Ms. Shukla said. segment contributed Rs. 1,454-crore,
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. while the Turnkey segment deli-
“EIL continues to strengthen its vered Rs. 1,778-crore. The net profit
“Further, the company is providing presence in Guyana by providing con- increased to Rs. 357-crore from
PMC (Project Management Consul- sultancy services for the integrated Rs. 342-crore.
tancy) services for a 1.5-mtpa refinery natural gas liquid (NGL) plant as well
in Mongolia financed by a line of credit as 300-MW CCGT (combined-cycle Renewable energy opportunities
from the Indian government,” she gas turbine) power plant and has also EIL is also exploring renewable
informed. expanded its reach in the Middle energy opportunities, and has started
East with several critical projects for negotiating with green power developers
EIL has also renewed its collabora- ADNOC and other clients,” she informed. to design and develop offshore wind
tion with Sonatrac, the state-owned oil infrastructure in India. Ms. Shukla said
company of Algeria, providing Front EIL, under the Ministry of Petro- the company has revived its offshore
End Engineering Development (FEED) leum and Natural Gas, operates in two division and expects to undertake
and PMC services for the Naphtha major segments: Consultancy & Engi- several projects within the next year.
Hydrotreater-Continuous Catalytic neering projects and Turnkey projects.
Regeneration (NHT-CCR) reforming The company offers design, engineer- She also highlighted EIL’s role in
unit at the Arzew Refinery and is con- ing, procurement, construction, and one of India’s largest biorefinery pro-
tributing to the modernisation of Bah- integrated project management services, jects, the Assam Biorefinery Pvt. Ltd.,
rain’s refining sector through the design primarily focusing on the oil, gas, which is nearing completion, and its
package preparation for a desalination and petrochemicals industries, both in leadership in a pre-feasibility report
plant. In Kuwait, EIL is a consultant for India and internationally. Ms. Shukla for a bamboo-based ethanol project for
the FEED and ITB (Invitation to Bid) informed that for the fiscal year under Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. in Assam.

Three killed in blast at Sadhana Nitro Chem’s Roha

factory

A blast at Sadhana Nitro Chem Ltd.’s storage tank of the plant. The workers killed and 64 others were injured, and
factory in Dhatav MIDC area of Roha were doing welding work when the stor- at least two other such mishaps in
town in Raigad district, Maharashtra, age tank, containing highly flammable January – at Nashik and Thane – in which
claimed the lives of three contract methanol, blew up due to a spark. The three persons died and nearly 20 others
workers. Three other contract workers blast comes close on the heels of the sustained injuries. Last November, 11
sustained minor injuries. According to explosion in a chemical factory in Dom- people had died in a blast at a chemical
police officials the blast occurred in the bivli in May, in which 12 people were factory in Mahad, Raigad.

136 Chemical Weekly September 24, 2024

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