December 02, 2008

Essar Construction to lay major portion of Vadinar to Bina crude pipeline

Essar Projects Limited’s subsidiary Essar Constructions (India) Limited has secured a INR 186 crore contract from Bharat Oman Refineries Limited for laying 504 kilometer of a 930 kilometer 24 inch crude oil pipeline from Vadinar in Gujarat to Bina in Madhya Pradesh.

Essar Constructions (India) Limited will execute the longest section comprising three stretches totaling 504 kilometers from Vadinar to the Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh border. The scope of work includes residual engineering, laying of the 24 inch pipeline, including building of a dispatch terminal, intermediate pumping stations and sectionalising valve stations.

Essar Constructions (India) Limited has executed various oil and gas pipeline projects and laid over 2,000 kilometers of hydrocarbon pipelines in the last three years for oil and gas majors such as Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum and Gujarat State Petronet Corporation. Currently, the company is executing an additional 900 kilometers of pipeline projects.