Engineering and infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro has received two orders worth Rs 2,155 crore from National Fertilisers Ltd for converting the feedstock of ammonia plant to natural gas

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The two projects involve changeover of the feedstock of the existing 900 tonnes per day ammonia plants from fuel oil to natural gas,’ said L&T in a regulatory statement.

Both projects will be executed concurrently and are expected to be commissioned by January 2013.

With this project, L&T has now secured three feedstock conversion projects in the fertiliser sector.

NFL is one of the leading producers of nitrogenous fertilisers in India with an installed capacity of about 3.3 million tonnes of urea and various other industrial products.

Shares of Larsen & Toubro were trading at Rs 1425.25, up 0.1 per cent or Rs 1.40 from the previous close.