Diversified group L&T on Monday said it has secured a "significant" order from Perdaman Chemicals & Fertilisers to build a 2.3 million tonne urea plant in Australia. On completion, this facility will be the largest urea plant in Australia and one of the largest in the world, the company said.
Without disclosing the deal value, L&T said it was a "a significant order". Generally, significant order indicates a value between Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,500 crore.
"We've adopted a policy to not reveal commercial details of contracts as the value can change by the time of completion," L&T Group Chairman and Managing Director-Designate, SN Subrahmanyan said.
The contract has been awarded by Italian firm Saipem & Clough — the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractor of Perdaman, which is an Indian-owned company.
L&T' Energy Hyrdocarbon contract involves fabrication and supply of process and piperack modules for the 2.30 MT per annum urea plant along with a 1.3 MT ammonia unit.
L&T Heavy Engineering has secured orders for packaging the urea equipment for the project.
The facility will come up in the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia and, on completion, will be the largest urea plant in Australia and one of the largest in the world, Perdaman Chairman Vikas Rambal told reporters here.
Subrahmanyan said the plant will also be the largest modularised and pre-fabircated unit in the fertiliser industry globally, which will be built at the L&T's yards at Hazira and Kattupalli near Chennai before being transported to Australia, where the parts would be assembled.