Petrofac has been awarded a contract by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for its Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU) Block Package for the Visakh Refinery Modernisation Project (VRMP), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

The lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project, valued at approximately US$200 million, includes licensing and commissioning. The SRU package will be constructed within the existing refinery under the terms of the 30-month contract.

Sunder Kalyanam, Group Managing Director for Petrofac’s Engineering & Construction Growth business said: “We are delighted to be supporting HPCL in the delivery of this important package at the Visakh Refinery. It is particularly satisfying to be expanding our EPC activities in-country with this award and our recent contract award in Kerala. Both demonstrate our growth strategy in action and the continued strength of our capability in the refinery sector.”

About Petrofac

Petrofac is an international service provider to the oil and gas production and processing industry, with a diverse customer portfolio including many of the world’s leading integrated, independent and national oil and gas companies.

Petrofac designs, builds, operates and maintains oil and gas facilities, delivered through a range of innovative commercial models, enabling it to respond to the distinct needs of each client and helping them to transform the value of their assets across the oil and gas life cycle.

Petrofac’s service offering is underpinned by its ability to develop resource holders’ local capability through the provision of skills training with competency development and assurance frameworks. Around 20,000 employees operate out of seven strategically located operational centres, in Sharjah, Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Woking, Chennai, Mumbai, and Kuala Lumpur and a further 24 offices worldwide.

Petrofac is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PFC).

About HPCL

HPCL is a Government of India Enterprise with a Navratna Status, and a Forbes 2000 and Global Fortune 500 company. It had originally been incorporated as a company under the Indian Companies Act 1913. It is listed on the Bombay Stock exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE), India.

HPCL owns & operates 2 major refineries producing a wide variety of petroleum fuels & specialties, one in Mumbai of 7.5 MMTPA capacity and the other in Visakhapatnam, with a capacity of 8.3 MMTPA.