CDU / VDU
Crude and vacuum distillation heaters — the workhorses of every refinery.
IOCL Haldia (Convection Module for CDU-II) · BPCL Mahul (VDU revamp, 2017) · IOCL Gujarat (CHARGE HEATER II for AU-V)
Full-spectrum LSTK execution across CDU/VDU, DCU, Hydrocracker, DHDT, Visbreaker, Aromatics, SMR reformer radiants, and naphtha/ethylene cracking furnaces. Three decades of in-house thermal engineering, API 560 compliance, EIL-enlisted, and modular fabrication from two Indian shops — delivered to IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, Reliance, HMEL, and international references in Thailand and Egypt.
Fired heaters are the largest consumers of fuel in any refinery — and the hardest unit to get right. Thermal efficiency, heat-flux distribution, run length, NOx performance, and mechanical integrity all converge in a single piece of equipment. Getting that right is engineering, not fabrication.
Esteem has built its reputation as India's heat transfer authority by owning that engineering end-to-end. Our proprietary WinHeat® thermal rating engine — in continuous development since the 1990s — sits behind every heater we deliver, supported by in-house CFD and FEA. That depth is why refiners trust us with the units that can't fail.
We deliver full lump-sum turnkey scope: process and thermal design, structural and mechanical engineering, fabrication from our ASME U+S Stamp shop in Baddi (75m × 30m) and our Indrad shop (2,600 m²), modular transport, site erection, and pre-commissioning through handover. One accountable partner from datasheet to steam.
We execute for owner companies directly and work alongside major licensors — Linde, CB&I Lummus, Chevron Lummus, Technip KT — as peer execution partners. Not as a subcontractor. We sit at the API table and help write the rules.
Reformer & process furnaces
Delivered across owner and licensor packages
Named projects across the full refining and petrochemical slate — delivered to India's largest refiners and international licensors.
Crude and vacuum distillation heaters — the workhorses of every refinery.
IOCL Haldia (Convection Module for CDU-II) · BPCL Mahul (VDU revamp, 2017) · IOCL Gujarat (CHARGE HEATER II for AU-V)
High-flux, high-coking-service heaters designed for long run-lengths.
IOCL Bongaigaon (DCU-1 Phase II revamp, 35-day window) · IOCL DCU heater modular packages
Once-through and recycle-stream heaters for hydroprocessing service.
IOCL multi-site (8 heaters for DHDT/Prime-G, BS VI program) · IOCL Bongaigaon (DHDT Heater Package, 12.7 MMKcal/hr)
Severe-service heaters where coking control and metallurgy decide run length.
Multiple VC heaters delivered: Haldia Petrochemicals (2 VC heaters, Cumene/Phenol) · IOCL Panipat (3 VC heaters, NHT) · IGL Kashipur (VC heater, modular)
Radiant sections for hydrogen generation units — we are co-authoring the new API 561 standard for SMR furnaces.
IRPC Thailand (HGU Reformer for Linde, Rayong) · IOCL Bongaigaon (25,000 TPA HGU Reformer Package) · HPCL Mumbai (HGU Reformer for DHDS)
High-flux cracking furnaces for ethylene and downstream chemicals.
BCPL Lepetkata (4 × 39 MMKcal/hr Naphtha Cracking Furnaces, with CB&I Lummus) · Regeneration Gas Heater
Fuel-quality-upgrade heaters supplied in series for India's BS VI transition.
BORL Bina (2 heaters for KHDS) · CPCL Manali (2 HDS heaters, BS VI) · HMEL Bathinda (CDU heater + APH/ID Fan revamp)
Severe-service units that underpin our technology-owner positioning.
EDC cracking (Chemplast Sanmar) · Ketene cracking for Acetic Anhydride (Esteem-owned process technology)
Full lump-sum turnkey execution, or any subset of the chain aligned to your contracting model and licensor package.
Process & Thermal Design (WinHeat®, CFD, FEA)
Structural, Mechanical & Detail Engineering
Procurement & Project Management
Shop Fabrication — Conventional or Modular
Site Erection & Field Services
Pre-Commissioning & Commissioning
We are not a build-to-print supplier. We are co-authors of the standards our peers design to.
Active API member. Co-authoring API 561 — the new global standard for SMR furnaces. Contributing to API 560 (fired heaters) and API 936 (refractory).
Enlisted with Engineers India Limited for Fired Heaters and Modularization Packages (heaters + pipe racks) — the Indian consulting authority for refinery project execution.
Baddi (75m × 30m, ASME U-Stamp + S-Stamp, IBR, in-house refractory / painting / NDT) and Indrad (2,600 m²) — two controlled-environment shops with EOT cranes and modular dispatch.
Shop-built · Field-installed
Refractory-lined, dried-out modules dispatched from Baddi and Indrad
Our EIL-enlisted modularization capability lets us shop-build complete radiant sections, convection modules, and arbors under controlled conditions — refractory-lined and dried out — then ship and lift them into place on site.
That shifts risk off the critical path: welding under the BPCL Mahul VDU convection replacement was completed one module per day without removing the stack. IGL Kashipur received a VC heater dispatched as three convection modules. IOCL Bongaigaon's DCU was modular-fabricated at our shop for a 35-day shutdown window.
Modular delivery is an engineering decision, not a sales pitch. We apply it where transport splits, lift plans, and battery-limit discipline actually save the schedule.
India-anchored today, with heaters supplied to Thailand and commissioned in Egypt — and a registered US legal presence as we extend globally.
IRPC Thailand · Rayong
Hydrogen generation reformer and waste-heat recovery unit supplied from India to Thailand, executed with Linde as the licensor. Proof that Esteem equipment runs cleanly on global licensor packages.
TCI · Egypt
Erection supervision for heaters designed by Born Heaters Canada — an international collaboration that put Esteem engineers on site in North Africa delivering for a Canadian design partner.
The same engineering depth powers our turnaround and revamp practice (where we are objectively best in India) and our owned process technology for Acetic Anhydride.
Pillar 2 · Turnarounds & Revamps
When a unit shutdown costs millions per day, refiners call us — and we restart on time. BPCL named us Best Turnaround Contractor (2017).
See turnaround workPillar 3 · Process Technology
Ketene Crackers and complete LSTK Acetic Anhydride plants — Esteem-owned technology with end-to-end performance guarantees.
Explore Ketene technologyEngineering · Modular
EIL-enlisted for Modularization Packages. Baddi (75m × 30m, ASME U+S) and Indrad (2,600 m²) deliver refractory-lined, dried-out modules.
See modular deliveryShare your process datasheet, licensor package, or revamp target. We'll come back with a delivery path that fits your schedule, your site, and your stakeholders.