Indian Oil contracts Linde for industrial gases supply to Panipat refinery
Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) has let a contract to Linde entities in India for the supply of industrial gases to IOC’s Panipat refinery in Haryana, India, north of New Delhi.
Linde’s entities will build, own, and operate major new on-site facilities to supply hydrogen, nitrogen, and compressed dry air to IOC on a job work basis, the service provider said in a release Oct. 25.
The on-site will support the multi-billion-dollar expansion of the Panipat refinery to 25 million metric tons/year (tpy) from 15 million tpy (OGJ Online, Mar. 2, 2021).
Industrial gases play several roles in refining, including removing sulfur to make clean fuels, cracking crude oil into various products, or purging and cleaning process equipment and control instruments, Linde said.
Panipat will be the second large-scale hydrogen plant which is built, owned, and operated by Linde entities for IOC. It will also be one of Linde’s largest on-site plants in India, with a total combined industrial gas production capacity of 142,200 cu m/hr. The plant is expected to start up in 2025.
In addition to supplying IOC, the new on-site complex will cater for demand for nitrogen from companies across end markets including chemicals, energy, and manufacturing, Linde said.
