It will be executed by BHEL’s International Operations Division and its manufacturing units at Hyderabad and Bhopal
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has won an order for compressor package from a National Oil refinery company owned by the Iraq’s Ministry of Oil, Northern Refineries Company (NRC).
The order for the package is for Baiji Refinery in Iraq. The order envisages the design, engineering, manufacturing and supply of an electric motor driven recycle gas centrifugal compressor.
It will be executed by BHEL’s International Operations Division and its manufacturing units at Hyderabad and Bhopal. The new compressor will replace the existing compressor, also supplied by BHEL in 2000, which was damaged due to the war in Iraq.
The state-owned engineering firm said in a statement “BHEL has achieved yet another milestone in its international business by bagging a prestigious order for a compressor package from Iraq.”
BHEL has a strong presence in Iraq, having supplied several gas turbine-based power plants, including 4×157 MW gas turbine generator (GTG) units for Baiji Power Station and 2×125 MW GTG units for Rumailla Power Station.
BHEL’s portfolio of having supplied over 400 gas/air compressors for various industries/applications – covering a wide range of pressures and flow, and handling numerous types of gases is a testament to its robust presence in this segment, the statement said.
In the international market, BHEL has so far supplied compressors to France, Bangladesh, Iraq, Iran, Oman and Belarus. The cumulative portfolio of BHEL’s overseas power projects stands at 17 GW, out of which over 11 GW has already been commissioned.
