Daelim receives contract from KNPC to remodel FCC

Daelim held a contracting ceremony for the project to remodel KRW 200 billion FCC and construct acid water treatment facilities at the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) head office on June 26, 2013. Ordered by KNPC, this project will be implemented by Daelim's Plant Business Division in EPC lump sum turnkey fashion wherein the company is responsible for engineering/design, procurement, construction, and test run.

This project is part of the Clean Fuels Project (CFP), which is expanding KNPC's large-scale refinery, and will be carried out at the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery, part of Kuwait's largest oil refining industrial complex, about 35km away south of Kuwait City. Daelim will engage in construction to produce gasoline, LPG, and propylene by decomposing heavy crude oil with higher impurity content through the remodeling of FCC. The company will also build facilities to treat phenol acid water generated by the production and a cooling tower to supply cooling water. The project duration is 24 months.

TECHNIP awarded contract to supply Hydrogen Reformers to Puerto La Cruz refinery

Technip has been awarded by the Hyundai-Wison consortium(1) a significant(2) contract to supply its proprietary technology as well as engineering and procurement services for two hydrogen reformers in Venezuela. These 135-million standard cubic feet per day (151-thousand normal cubic meters per hour) reformers are part of the Deep Conversion project being executed by the consortium for Venezuela's state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), to upgrade the Puerto La Cruz refinery.

The contract covers the complete engineering, fabrication, modularization, procurement as well as pre-commissioning and start-up assistance. This project will utilize Technip's high-efficiency top-fired steam reformers, to produce high-purity hydrogen and export steam, and the latest nitrogen oxide reduction technology to ensure minimum emissions.

Technip's operating center in Claremont, California will execute the contract, which is scheduled for completion in the second semester of 2014.

VA Tech Wabag bags Rs 344 Cr order for 100 MLD lIugin sewage treatment plant

VA Tech Wabag, involved in water and waste water management, has secured an order valued at Rs 344 crore for waste water management in the Philippines.

The order was secured in alliance with a local civil construction company, JV Angeles Construction Corporation from Manila Water Company, Philippines. VA Tech Wabag was the lead partner in the World Bank-funded project, the company said in its filing to the stock exchanges.

The work was for design and construction of 100 MLD lIugin sewage treatment plant for Pasig River Wastewater Catchment, Pasig city, Metro Manila, and the contract period is for two years.

Coleridge Shelley, Country Head, Wabag Philippines, said that it was the largest STP order from Philippines.

The company had earlier got an order for a water treatment plant at Putatan for Rs 125 crore, making  Wabag a prominent player in water and waste water market in the Philippines.

Cairn India awards 2-year 3D Seismic Survey Contract for Rajasthan Oil Blocks to Russian Firm

Cairn India Ltd has awarded a two-year contract for a 3-dimensional seismic survey of its prolific Rajasthan oil block to Russian firmIG Seismic Services for an undisclosed sum.


"The works may cover over 1,500 square kilometres (over 200,000 shot points). The start of works is planned for the beginning of October 2013," IG Seismic Services said in a statement. 

The Russian firm said it has signed a two-year contract for surveying the Barmer basin block. 

"The agreement envisages conducting seismic exploration works using 3-D technology," it said. 

Cairn, which earlier this year got government approval to restart exploration in the block, will use the 3-D seismic survey to locate newer oil and gas reserves and drill wells. 

IG Seismic Services senior vice president for sales and marketing Rustam Rakhmatulin said, "Large international companies from Poland,USA, India and Kazakhstan competed to win this tender. We are honoured to be entrusted to do the job, since the project of such complexity can be carried out only by a large, reliable and technologically advanced company." 

Cairn, which holds 70 per cent in the Rajasthan block, had previously announced an investment of USD 2.4 billion in the block by 2015-16. It currently produces about 170,000 barrels of oil a day from the block. 

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) holds the remaining 30 per cent interest in the block.

Bechtel awarded PMC contract by QAPCO for Ras Laffan Petrochemical Project

Bechtel has been selected by the Qatar Petrochemical – Qatar Petrochemical Company partnership (QP-QAPCO), to provide project management services for construction of the Al Sejeel mega-petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan, Qatar. 

Bechtel will provide project management services over the course of the project starting with the front-end engineering design phase to ensure the quality, safe, and timely construction of the project.

"Bechtel's contribution to the mega-petrochemical complex will be strategic, as Bechtel benefits from extensive experience and is a leader in the construction of petrochemical plants all around the world," said Dr. Mohammed Yousef Al-Mulla, vice chairman and CEO of QP-QAPCO.

IVRCL wins Rs 1,097.57 crore of building, water and power orders

Infrastructure firm IVRCL Ltd today said its building, water and power businesses have won contracts worth Rs 1,097.57 crore.

"The building division (India and UAE), water and power divisions of the company have bagged orders of the value of Rs 1,097.57 crore," Hyderabad-based IVRCL said in a statement.

According to the company, its buildings division won contracts worth Rs 573.12 crore, while the water division bagged orders worth Rs 471.82 crore. The power business secured Rs 52.63 crore of orders.

The orders include a Rs 368 crore (KWD 17.88 million) order from Kuwait's Zein Advanced Technology Co for the design, construction and maintenance of truck parking lots in Aljahra's Governorate. The project belongs to Kuwait'sMinistry of Public Works.

IVRCL won a Rs 102.66 crore order from theBihar government for extension of the Patna High Court and a Rs 51 crore project to build a cricket stadium in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.

The company bagged a Rs 311.15 crore order from Orissa Water Supply and Sewerage Boardfor construction of sewers in Bhubaneswar and a Rs 63.66 crore order from Assam Urban Infrastructure Investment Programme for setting up water supply main pipelines and allied works in Guwahati.

Shares of the company traded at Rs 16.30 on theBSE at 1502 hrs, up 0.62 per cent from the previous close.

Essar Projects adding new services to portfolio

Essar Projects Ltd is adding new services to its products portfolio that go beyond just providing basic engineering, procurement and construction services. From picking up a small stake in the projects that it executes for its global clientele to providing training to operators and helping the promoters raise equity for expansion, the Ruias controlled company is seeking to add a new dimension to routine EPC contracts.

"The idea is to become a part of the project and be with the promoters all through the execution and beyond," Alwyn Bowden, managing director, says.

It embarked on this transformation recently with the $407.6-million contract from Jurong Aromatics Corporation in Singapore, which planted its presence in the South East Asian market. Essars picked up 4.99 per cent equity in the project.

"This is the first time we are picking up a stake in a project. This is mostly to reassure the promoters that we are not just an EPC contractor, but a part of the project. We will remain invested in it till the commissioning," Bowden toldBusiness Line over the telephone.

The Jurong contract is part of the $2.4-billion greenfield aromatics complex in Jurong Island to produce 1.5 million tonnes of aromatics.

The firm is close to getting another major contract in Africa in the onshore oil and gas sector. In this contract, it will be providing the additional service of training the project operators during the execution stage so that they are ready to handle the plant after commissioning. "We will be using the operational expertise of our group companies to provide training," Bowden said.

Services such as helping promoters raise finances and equity, select the right technology and provide equipment are also being added to the portfolio.

This is helping transform the company from an in-house entity to a global EPC company. In 2010, its third-party contracts constituted just 18 per cent of its business, the rest being for Essar Group companies. "External order book stood at $ 1.3 billion as on March 2013. We are aiming to increase it to $ 6.8 billion by 2015-16, which would be 96 per cent of our total orders," he said.

Orient Cement gets environmental clearance for 3MTPA cement plant at Karnataka

Orient Cement Ltd has received environmental clearance for its three million-tonne-a-year cement plant at Chittapur in Gulbarga district of Karnataka.

A top source in CK Birla Group toldBusiness Line that the company began construction work at the project site recently. The new Rs 1,75- crore project would be largely funded by internal resources.

"It is expected to be ready by the end of December 2015," the source said. The project would increase the cement output capacity to 8 million tonne-a-year (mt) a year. Orient Cement is the hived off cement business unit of Orient Paper & Industries.

It has a plant at Devapur in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh and a split-grinding unit at Nashirabad, in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. According to the management, the company aims to reach 15 mt a year by 2020.

Orient Cement, once a division of Orient Paper and now a public company (the demerger took retrospective effect from April 1, 2012), is yet to list its stock.

The group sources said the process of listing was on and it would be over "shortly". The shareholders of Orient Paper have been allotted shares of the new company in the ratio of 1:1.

The face value of the new entity would be Re 1. It is to be listed on both NSE and BSE.

L&T Hydrocarbon bags Rs 1000 Cr order for Paraxylene Plant

Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon bags contract worth Rs 1,000 crore

The company will mobilise about 25,000 workmen and 600 staff for the project, which will be executed over a period of 30 months, it said.

 Engineering major Larsen & Toubro on Tuesday said its hydrocarbon unit has bagged a Rs 1,000-crore order for setting up a paraxylene plant for a leading refinery in the country.

L&T Hydrocarbon has signed an MoU to execute composite construction works, including civil, mechanical and erection and installation, for the project, a statement issued here said.

The company will mobilise about 25,000 workmen and 600 staff for the project, which will be executed over a period of 30 months, it said.

L&T Hydrocarbon provides complete design-to-build engineering and construction solutions for the oil and gas sector.

McNally Bharat Receives Rs 108 Cr order from NTPC

McNally Bharat Engineering Co Ltd (MBEL) said on Tuesday it has received an order worth Rs 108.94 crore from NTPC Ltd for setting up a coal handling plant for its project site at Vindhyachal in Madhya Pradesh.  The plant has to be completed in the next 26 months.

L&T secured orders worth Rs 1504 Cr

Engineering and construction firm Larsen and Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said it has secured orders worth Rs 1,504 crore order during the ongoing month from India and abroad. 


The company's water and effluent treatment business unit has bagged orders worth Rs 621 crore for two projects in West Bengal and one in Qatar, it said in a BSE filing. 

The solar business unit of L&T Construction, which is a brand name for L&T, has received an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order worth Rs 413 crore from Kiran Energy for the construction of solar photo-voltaic plants in Tamil Nadu. 

The power transmission and distribution business got a Rs 265 crore-order from Tamil NaduGeneration and Distribution Corporation for power distribution work across various districts in Tamil Nadu. 

"In the heavy civil business, various additional orders worth Rs 205 crore have been secured from ongoing projects," it said. 

Dalmia Cement Plans Rs 1800 Cr Expansion

To strengthen its presence both nationally and in the North-East, cement maker Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL) plans to invest Rs 1,800 crore for capacity expansion over the next two years.

While the company would invest Rs 1,300 crore for its upcoming 2.5-million tonnes greenfield project at Belgaum, Karnataka, its plants in North-East would entail an estimated investment of Rs 500 crore, Puneet Yadu Dalmia, Managing Director, told reporters here on Friday.

According to Dalmia, the company currently has a total capacity of 17 mt and wants to add nearly four mt by 2014-15.

The company has recently acquired Meghalaya-based Adhunik Cement with an investment of nearly Rs 560 crore and increased its stake in Calcom Cement in Assam.

Meanwhile, OCL India Ltd would invest nearly Rs 500 crore for a 1.5-mt grinding plant near Salboni in West Bengal. DCBL holds 45.4 per cent stake in OCL India.

According to Dalmia, the project should be commissioned by the end of 2013.

Japanese-led JV wins EPC contract for Petrochemical Complex at Vietnam

 A joint venture of JGC Corporation (JGC), Chiyoda Corporation, Technip, and South Korean contractors GS Engineering & Construction and SK Engineering & Construction has been awarded a contract for the Nghi Son refinery and petrochemicals complex in the Nghi Son economic zone in northern Vietnam, as per JCN. The contract was awarded by the Nghi Son Refinery Petrochemical Limited Liability Company, a joint venture between Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd (35.1%), Kuwait Petroleum International (35.1%), Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation (25.0%), and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (4.8%). The lump-sum turnkey contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and commissioning work for an oil refinery with production capacity of 200,000 bpd. 

The complex, scheduled for completion in late 2016, will be located in the Thanh Hoa Province in Vietnam, 200 km south of the capital city of Hanoi. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

This project, which is being promoted by Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Kuwait Petroleum International, Vietnam Oil and Gas Corporation, and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. is a grassroots oil refinery and petrochemical complex project in Vietnam. This project will be the second constructed in Vietnam, and is aimed at satisfying increasing demands for petroleum products to support the progress of Vietnam's motorization, as well as produce petrochemicals for export.

McNally bags order worth Rs 513 cr

McNally Bharat Engineering Co Ltd on Thursday said that it has obtained an order for design, engineering, manufacturing and erection balance of plant worth Rs 513.19 crore for the 300-MW power plant of Kaizen Power Ltd at Vizag. 

The contractual delivery has to be made within the next 22 months.  

With this order, the company's order book now stands at Rs 5,100 crore, the company said.

Schmersal India to set up Ranjangaon plant

Schmersal India is setting up a manufacturing facility at Ranjangaon, near Pune in Maharashtra with an investment of 8 million euro. It will produce safety devices, lift switchgear and electronic sensors which finds applications in machinery serving food, pharma and other FMCGs. The plant is expected to go operational in 2013. It may be noted, Schmersal India is a 100% subsidiary of German based Schmersal group.



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BHEL bags Rs 1143 cr NTPC contract for thermal power project

State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said it bagged a Rs 1143 crore contract from NTPC for supply and installation of the main plant package for a thermal power project in Madhya Pradesh. 

The contract envisages setting up a 500-mw thermal power generating unit at NTPC's Vindhyachal super thermal power station. 

With the present order, 86 numbers of 500-mw thermal sets have been contracted by BHEL in the country so far, the company said in a statement. 

With the commissioning of this unit, the cumulative generating capacity of the power station will be enhanced to 4,760-mw, making it India's largest power generating station. 

BHEL's scope of work in the contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply and erection and commissioning of steam generator and steam turbine generator along with associated auxiliaries and controls. 

The equipment for the project will be manufactured at BHEL's Trichy, Ranipet, Haridwar, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Bhopal Plants, while the company's power sector in western region will be responsible for erection and commissioning of the equipment, the statement said.

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Foster Wheeler Signed Strategic Agreement with Dow Chemical

Foster Wheeler (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a Strategic Umbrella Agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) for the provision of project management, consulting, engineering, procurement, construction management, and construction services. This agreement has an initial term of three years and provides support by Foster Wheeler to selected Dow global capital projects, which forms part of its growth strategy across its diversified portfolio of businesses: specialty chemicals, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics.

"With our global network of operations, our focus on the geographies where Dow plans to invest, and our proven high-quality project delivery, we are ideally positioned to support Dow in delivering the capital project program to advance their growth objectives."

"Foster Wheeler and Dow have a history of working together around the world on the development and safe, successful implementation of major projects," said Umberto della Sala, Chief Operating Officer of Foster Wheeler AG. "With our global network of operations, our focus on the geographies where Dow plans to invest, and our proven high-quality project delivery, we are ideally positioned to support Dow in delivering the capital project program to advance their growth objectives."

Foster Wheeler AG is a global engineering and construction company and power equipment supplier delivering technically advanced, reliable facilities and equipment. The company employs approximately 12,000 talented professionals with specialized expertise dedicated to serving its clients through one of its two primary business groups. The company's Global Engineering and Construction Group designs and constructs leading-edge processing facilities for the upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids, refining, chemicals and petrochemicals, power, mining and metals, environmental, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare industries. The company's Global Power Group is a world leader in combustion and steam generation technology that designs, manufactures and erects steam generating and auxiliary equipment for power stations and industrial facilities and also provides a wide range of aftermarket services. The company is based in Zug, Switzerland, and its operational headquarters office is in Geneva, Switzerland. For more information about Foster Wheeler, please visit our Web site at www.fwc.com.

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L&T gets Rs 1,610 crore BOP order from Visa Power

Visa Power Ltd has placed a large order with L&T for the execution of balance of plant package for their 2×600 Mw power plant being set up in Chhattisgarh. The value of contract is Rs 1,610 crore and will be commissioned within 29 – 32 months. Under the contract, to be executed on EPC basis, L&T will design, engineer, supply, erect and commission complete BOP package and also provide all associated services. The scope of work includes BTG and BOP civil, structural and architectural works; coal and ash handling plants, chimney, induced draft cooling towers, switchyard and BOP electrical, ash pond and water reservoir.

The order follows a recent order for Rs 6,500 crores from Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd for 3×660 Mw supercritical boiler–steam turbine generator package for the Karchana power project.

The company is currently executing similar sub-critical BOP contracts and several large supercritical EPC/BTG projects. For the supercritical segment L&T has established joint venture companies with Mitsubishi Heavy Engineering for manufacture of supercritical boilers and turbines. In the super-critical segment, L&T has also set up manufacturing capabilities in Hazira for several crucial equipment and components including high pressure piping, coal pulverizers, ESPs and heavy forgings.

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BGR Energy power generation plans stalled

Fuel supply constraints and delay in land acquisition adds to delay in BGR Energy’s power generation plans

The Chennai based EPC company, BGR Energy is diversifying in a larger way by entering both -the power production and boiler manufacturing segments. The company, with Rs 7500 crore in EPC, is in the process of setting up the boiler plant in Chennai.

BGR Energy, which announced its power generation plans, has hit a road block because of the fuel supply constraints and the problems in acquiring land for the plant.  The company is looking at setting up two power plants, one each in Tamil Nadu and Orissa, both of which will have a capacity of 1320 Mw (2×660 Mw).

“Acquisition of land and getting fuel supply is a concern. For the land, we are working closely with both the state governments.  We are optimistic of finding the required land in the near future,” said Prabhu Srinivasan, VP Finance BGR Energy. Getting fuel supply for the plant in the current scenario where the country is going through a severe shortage of fuel for power seems to be a constant concern. In the recent past, the country had a brush with a near blackout because of the shortage in coal supply from Coal India, the primary suppliers of domestic coal. BGR Energy’s delay of power generation plans is a reflection of the problems faced by IPPs as a whole. The supply gap seen in the boiler segment in the recent past with Indian companies opting to import boilers from Chinese manufactures is the reason behind the company entering the boiler manufacturing segment. Though the company primarily will target the domestic market, going forward it will also target the international market.

“The BGR boiler plant which is under construction in Chennai is expected to be completed in the next 4 years. This is a JV between BGR and Hitachi. The first order we received is from NTPC for 4 x 660 Mw boilers,” he added.

It is believed that the company has invested close to Rs 4,000 crore to set up the boiler plant and another Rs 2,000 crore in the turbine segment. The financing for the same has already been done.

More and more indigenous boiler manufacturing is considered as a positive move, as the country has very aggressive capacity addition plans. In the current five year plan, the country will be adding close to 55,000 Mw and in the 12th plan, India is looking at adding 1,00,000 Mw.

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SHELL SELECTS BRAY INTERNATIONAL

Shell and Bray executive teams have signed a five-year global Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) that identifies Bray International as a supplier of more than 2500 line items of Bray (resilient and Teflon® seated), McCannaLok (high performance / double offset) and Tri Lok (triple offset) butterfly products and related services.

Representing Shell and Bray in the picture above were(left to right): Wayne Hutchinson, VP Enterprise Categories and Supplies Management Contract Procurement, Shell; Leonard Moore, Global Market Manager, Oil & Gas Sales/Vice President of Sales & Marketing, USA, Bray; Craig Brown, President & CEO of Bray International, Inc.; and Erik Bonino, EVP Project & Engineering Services, Projects & Technology, Shell.

The agreement was signed at Shell Corporate Headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. This agreement will encompass all Shell direct operations and its affiliates around the world for both capital and operating expenditures of Bray's broad range of butterfly valve products.

Craig Brown stated, "The Shell EFA marks a monumental moment in Bray's 25 year history. We believe that Bray products offer the best value solutions to the global oil & gas markets." Leonard Moore added, "The enhanced relationship, between our organizations builds on Bray's increasing presence within the Oil & Gas sector. We are elated to be in a position to add value to Shell's enterprise management system as a world class supplier of butterfly valves through this Enterprise Framework Agreement."

About Bray International
Bray International, a privately held organization based in Houston, Texas (USA), is a global leader in the manufacture and supply of butterfly, ball, check valves, actuators and related accessories in power, water filtration, desalination, oil & gas, chemical, commercial automatic temperature control systems, mining, marine and ship building, pharmaceutical, sugar, food and beverage as well as many other industries. Its brands and/or subsidiaries include Bray Controls, Bray Commercial, Flow-Tek and Ritepro.

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