The order, secured amidst intense international competition, has been placed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Free Zone Enterprise, Nigeria – part of the Dangote Group. The group is one of Africa's largest and most diversified business conglomerates with interests spanning oil refining, petrochemicals, fertilizers, cement, sugar, packaging, and other sectors.
The scope of work includes the manufacture and supply of eight gas turbine generator packages along with supervision of erection and commissioning activities at site. The equipment shall be manufactured by BHEL's facilities at Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
The order marks a significant milestone for BHEL, being the company's largest-ever single order on supply and supervision basis for gas turbine generator packages in terms of both quantity and value. This order will further enhance BHEL’s visibility worldwide and demonstrate BHEL’s capabilities as a global engineering enterprise.
BHEL has established a strong presence across Africa through the successful execution of power sector projects in countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Rwanda, Senegal, and Sudan besides supplying a wide range of products and equipment to several other African nations. The company has previously executed an order for the supply and supervision of erection and commissioning of 26 MW gas turbine generator package to Government of Cross River State, Nigeria. The company has been manufacturing and supplying gas turbines to various customers in India and abroad for over 4 decades and is among the world’s reliable manufacturers of gas turbines and generators.
BHEL has an impressive record of supplying almost 250 gas turbines with more than 20% of its supplies to overseas customers, demonstrating its impressive engineering and manufacturing competencies in the sector.