December 03, 2008

ABB bags information system contract from ONGC

It is reported that ABB India bagged an order worth INR 430 crore orders from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation to integrate information systems across all installations of the oil and gas major. After implementation of the project, all ONGC production and drilling facilities will be monitored on a real time basis.

ONGC will be able to integrate 247 onshore production installations, group gathering stations, central tank farms and central processing facilities, processing plants at Uran and Hazira, 11 offshore process complexes catering to 157 offshore well-head platforms, 65 onshore and 9 offshore drilling rigs.

The project will be implemented in two phases. While the first phase will cover areas like IDT, Delhi, NH, Uran, Trombay, MR drilling rigs, Ankleshwar, Cambay, Mehsana, Jodhpur and Ahmedabad, the second phase will cover Assam, Jorhat, Cachar, Tripura, CBM MBA, Kolkata, Cauvery, Rajahmundry, MH and Hazira.

It is learnt that the company has already completed 94% the first phase work and 62% of the second phase.