Larsen & Toubro's heavy engineering division-Hazira Works, has successfully built one of the world's largest FCC Regenerators & Combustors for Reliance Petroleum's (RPL) export oriented refinery coming up at Jamnagar in Gujarat.

The equipment is considered to be the fifth largest in the world. The main features of this equipment are a 16.3 metre diameter, an overall length of 40 metres and weight of 1320 MT. The material of construction for equipment is carbon-manganese steel with more than 170 million tonne of stainless steel internals. The process licensor for this equipment is UOP-USA, mechanical design (including the critical finite element analysis), detailed engineering and fabrication were done by the company's Hazira Works. Transportation to this mammoth equipment will also be carried out by the company.

The proposed project, completed six weeks ahead of schedule, is a repeat order placed on the company by Reliance for the Jamnagar Export Refinery Project (JERP). The equipment will reach Jamnagar by end May 2007.