RFCL to continue work on urea plant
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has further agreed to continue the the development of a Rs.6,165.06 crore gas-based greenfield neem-RFC;coated Urea Plant with the installed capacity of 12.7 Lakh Metric Ton per annum (LMTPA).
The project is by Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited’s (RFCL), a Joint Venture Company consisting of National Fertilizers Limited (NFL), Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Fertilizers Corporation of India Limited (FCIL).
The CCEA gave its approval on 9 June 2021 to the Department of Fertilizers for extension of applicability of New Investment Policy (NIP)-2012 related to the project which will receive natural gas from GAIL through the MBBVPL (Mallavaram-Bhopal-Bhilwara-Vijaipur Gas Pipeline) of GSPL India Transco Limited (GITL).
The state-of-the-art gas based RFCL Plant is part of the initiative taken by the Government to revive the closed urea units of FCIL and HFCL in order to achieve self sufficiency in urea sector.
RFCL has various unique features like latest technology HTER (Halder Topse Exchange Reformer) to save energy in production of Urea among single train largest capacity Urea plant, 140 Meter high prilling tower to ensure best quality urea prills, fully automated bagging and rail / truck loading facility for dispatch of Urea having capacity to dispatch more than 4,000 MT Urea per day, MCR (Main Control Room) equipped with DCS (Distributed Control System), ESD (Emergency Shutdown system for improved safety and availability), On-line MMS (Machine Monitoring Systems), OTS (Operator Training Simulator), Environment monitoring system. The systems are operated by the highly motivated, dedicated, well trained Operations.
The facility integrates the world’s best technologies aiming to meet the demand for urea in Telangana as well as in the other Southern and central states of India, namely Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, etc. The urea produced at RFCL shall be marketed by National Fertilizers Limited.
Overall, the Government is reviving five closed units of FCIL and HFCL by setting up new Ammonia Urea Plants of 12.7 LMTPA capacity each at Ramagundam (Telangana), Talcher (Odisha), Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Sindri (Jharkhand) and Barauni (Bihar) through formation of Joint Ventures of leading PSUs with an investment of about Rs.40,000 crore. #tenders #projects #investment #agriculture #contract /fiinews.com
