Parts of the crude reflusher drum
and HP receiver, meant for Bharat Petroleum Corporation’s Kochi Refinery
expansion, and weighing approximately 85 tonnes, will be moved from the port to
the project site in seven parcels on December 21 and 22 and on December 28 and
29.The equipment pieces were fabricated by a Mumbai-based engineering firm.
The mammoth equipment, 19 metres
long, 7.8 metres high and seven metres wide, will be moved using hydraulic
axles over the four days. The first day’s movement of the equipment will take them
to the Kundannoor Junction from where they will reach the refinery site on the
following day.The difficulties associated with the transport of the equipment
are linked to their dimensions. The Kochi refinery had received even larger
pieces of equipment in 2009. The arrival of the 750-tonne vacuum gas oil hydro
desulphurisation unit was greeted with a lot of amazement here. The reactor,
fabricated in China, was part transported to the refinery through National
Waterway III in specially-built barge.
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