L&T HEAVY ENGINEERING FLAGS OFF WORLD'S HEAVIEST LC-MAX REACTORS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

Achieving another milestone in the engineering world, the Heavy Engineering business of Larsen & Toubro, has completed and flagged off World’s Heaviest LC-Max Reactors ahead of schedule in the presence of M K Surana, Chairman & Managing Director, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation.

The reactors, weighing 2260 Metric Tons (MT) each, will enable India’s first Residue Upgradation Facility (RUF) by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation’s Visakh Refinery to convert the heaviest oils to high-quality BS-VI diesel, as well as increase feedstock and improve product flexibility. The reactors will sail in ‘single-piece directly to Visakhapatnam from Larsen & Toubro’s fully integrated, state-of-the-art, digitally-enabled coastal manufacturing facility located at Hazira in Gujarat.