BHEL to set up eco-friendly Co-generation power plant at IOC’s Gujarat Refinery; Wins Rs.4,310 Million EPC contract against International Competitive Bidding

Against International Competitive Bidding (ICB), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured another major EPC contract from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for setting up an energy efficient and environment friendly co-generation power plant at its Gujarat Refinery Complex.

Reposing confidence in BHEL's capabilities, IOC has placed an order worth nearly Rs.4310 Million, for a 2xFrame-6 Gas Turbine-based Co-generation power plant, on EPC basis. The project is being set up to meet the requirement of power supply, in addition to the steam needs of the refinery for Residue upgradation and MS/HSD Quality improvement project.

BHEL's scope of work in the project envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of two Frame-6 Gas Turbine Generators and two Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) of 100 tons per hour capacity, with associated auxiliaries and balance of plant, in addition to complete civil works. BHEL will commission the first unit in a tight schedule of 23 months and the second in one month, thereafter.

While the Gas Turbine Generators will be manufactured at BHEL's Hyderabad plant, the HRSGs and the state-of-the-art control system will be manufactured at the company's Trichy plant and Electronics Division, Bangalore, respectively.

For IOC, BHEL is already executing a similar turnkey contract for setting up a Frame-5 Gas Turbine-based Co-generation power plant at its Haldia Refinery Complex. Earlier, BHEL has supplied and installed several co-generation power plants of various capacities on turnkey basis, at IOC's Gujarat, Panipat, Digboi, Barauni, Haldia and Mathura refineries. The plants are under successful operation and are meeting the power as well as steam needs of the refineries.

BHEL has emerged as the market leader in co-generation and captive power plants, offering units from 10 MW onwards for both steam turbine based and gas-based combined cycle power projects for total power and process steam requirements of various industries. So far, the company has supplied and commissioned more than 700 steam turbine and gas turbine-based plants for a host of industries like metal, paper, sugar, cement and process industries like refineries, petrochemicals, fertilizer etc.