en.Wedoany.com Reported - Larsen & Toubro announced that it has won a significant engineering, procurement, and construction contract from Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited to build a coal-to-ammonium nitrate production facility in Odisha, India.
The contract was secured by L&T Energy Hydrocarbon's onshore division, involving full turnkey responsibility for the construction of nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plants under the LSTK Package 4 framework, with complete single-point accountability.
Upon completion, the project will have a daily production capacity of 2,000 tonnes of coal-to-ammonium nitrate, primarily serving the growing demand in sectors such as mining, infrastructure, and industry.
Under the agreement, L&T will execute full-process delivery, covering process licensing, basic and detailed engineering, equipment procurement, construction, commissioning, and performance testing, and will hand over the plant in its entirety.
Subramanian Sarma, Deputy Managing Director and President of L&T, commented: "This large order reinforces the company's market position in the gasification and downstream chemicals EPC sector. Indigenous gasification infrastructure will strongly support India's energy transition journey, while also validating our scale capability to deliver technically intensive and complex projects."
ES Sathyanarayanan, Senior Vice President of L&T's onshore business and Executive Committee member, also emphasized execution confidence: "Winning the LSTK Package 4 contract stems from BCGCL's recognition of our project execution capabilities. Our robust engineering design strengths, coupled with stringent control over environment, health, safety, and quality, will ensure reliable and efficient output from the nitric acid and ammonium nitrate facilities."
The project aligns with India's policy direction of promoting industrial self-reliance, which targets the formation of 100 million tonnes of coal gasification capacity by 2030. The plan aims to convert the country's high-ash coal into high-value products such as ammonia, methanol, synthetic natural gas, fertilizers, and ammonium nitrate, thereby reducing import dependence and strengthening industrial autonomy.
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