Project and operations updateRefining, petrochemicals and fertilisers
L&T completes delivery of 110 modules for Australia's Project CERES
Approximately 64,000 metric tonnes of modules were fabricated in India and transported to Karratha in 23 marine shipments.
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Larsen & Toubro has completed fabrication and delivery of 110 modules for Project CERES, Perdaman's urea development in Karratha, Western Australia. Announced on 18 September 2026, the scope totals approximately 64,000 metric tonnes. The wider plant has a stated capacity of 2.3 million tonnes annually and is being developed under the Saipem-Clough joint venture. Completion of this module package does not establish that the entire fertiliser plant has begun commercial production.
The delivered scope comprises 47 pre-assembled units and 63 pre-assembled racks, manufactured at L&T's Kattupalli facility near Chennai. The modules reached Karratha through 23 marine shipments. L&T says they were delivered tested, pre-commissioned and ready for installation. These descriptions concern the condition of the supplied modules, rather than proof that every site connection or plant-wide commissioning activity has been completed.
The announcement highlights dimensional and interface controls, Australian biosecurity requirements and requirements for electrical equipment in hazardous areas. Those are disclosed elements of the delivery approach. No independent project-wide cost saving or quantified reduction in the final construction schedule is presented, and the plant's output capacity should remain distinct from the weight of the fabrication package.
EPC Feed sees the relationship between fabrication and receiving-site interfaces as the central engineering feature. Moving equipment installation and testing into a module yard can change where work is performed, but it does not remove the need for accurate connections at the destination. The split between units and racks also helps explain why a module count alone is an incomplete description of the package: different assemblies perform different roles in the final facility.
The marine shipment count provides a practical logistics milestone alongside the fabrication totals. Future reports about installation and commissioning would show how the delivered assemblies become part of an operating production chain. For now, the confirmed event is completion of a defined cross-border fabrication and delivery scope. Preserving that boundary recognises the work already accomplished without treating a completed supplier package as a declaration that all remaining project activities are finished.
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