BCGCL floats tender for coal gasification project in Odisha

BCGCL has floated a tender document for the selection of LSTK-2 contractor for ‘Coal to Ammonium Nitrate’ Project at Odisha

New Delhi: Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited (BCGCL), a joint venture company of Coal India Limited (CIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), has floated a tender document for the selection of LSTK-2 contractor for ‘Coal to Ammonium Nitrate’ Project at Odisha on Thursday. The tender is available with tender number, PNMM/PC288/E/001, and the tender title, "Bharat Coal Gasification and Chemicals Limited, BCGCL,” on CPP portal. The LSTK-2 tender deals with Syngas Purification Plant and ammonia Synthesis gas plant that will purify the raw syngas produced from the coal gasifier and make it suitable for ammonia synthesis.
 

CIL, BHEL to set up India's first commercial-scale coal gasification plant

CIL and BHEL have entered into an agreement for setting up India’s first commercial-scale coal-to-ammonium nitrate plant through surface coal gasification (SCG) technology route. As per the agreement, the gasification plant will be based on locally-developed coal gasification technology by BHEL, which utilised the high ash coal from Lakhanpur Area to produce 0.66 million metric tons per annum (MMTPA) of technical grade ammonium nitrate. The entire project cost, according to PFR, is Rs 11,782 crore. For the task of "Preparation of Detailed Feasibility Report (DFR)," M/s PDIL has been designated as PMC for the project.

CIL and BHEL have incorporated a joint venture company, BCGCL (CIN U23935OD2024GOI045884) on May 21, which marks the foray of these two PSUs into coal-to-chemical business. BCGCL is a subsidiary of Coal India in which CIL holds 51 percent and BHEL holds 49 percent equity.

The packaging philosophy for the execution of the project has been finalised as partial LSTK mode wherein four LSTK packages and 29 other offsites and utilities packages that will be done on EPC mode have been identified. Out of four LSTK packages, three packages namely LSTK-2, LSTK-3 and LSTK-4 will be executed through tendering route and remaining LSTK-1 will be done by BHEL on nomination basis.