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Market hesitancy stalls Kochi refinery upgrade: Who is to blame? – 29 May 2025
May 29, 2025
The abrupt shelving of this chemical unit bid highlights reluctance among licensors and EPCs to commit amid unclear feed-gas specs and performance guarantees.
Also, with the chemical plant and attendant supply of catalyst eliciting no compliant offers raises questions on market readiness for advanced acid-gas recovery technology.
Unresolved questions on acid-gas contaminants and sour-water composition prompted licensors to sit this one out
There are those who argue that new wastewater discharge limits and updated EPA guidelines may have forced the cancellation as well.
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