Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been awarded a Rs.12,500-million (Rs.1,250-crore) turnkey fast track project by Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India. L&T will have single-point responsibility for the complete engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of the offshore platforms. The project comprises building three smart well platforms, sub-sea interconnecting pipelines, sub-sea cables and topside modifications for the Mumbai High South field. It will involve 15,000 tonnes of topside and jackets, 58 km sub-sea pipelines and 22 km sub-sea cables, in addition to many state-of-the-art facilities. It is to be completed by April 2009.
L&T will carry out the engineering design at its subsidiary L&T Valdel in Bangalore, and fabrication will be carried out at L&T’s world-class shore-based manufacturing complex at Hazira near Surat, as well as at the company’s large, modern fabrication facility at Sohar in Oman.
This contract was won through a competitive bidding process against international competitors.
