Indian manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (Bhel) has received an export order for two gas turbine generating units of 126 MW each for a power project being set up by Petroleum Development Oman.

Valued at Rs3,750 million ($77.6 million), the order calls for the supply, erection supervision and commissioning of the units for the project located 700 km from Muscat.
This is the first order secured by Bhel as part of a six-year ‘Price Agreement for 126 MW rating gas turbine generator packages’ that the company signed in January with PDO. Secured in the face of stiff international competition, the rate contract is initially valid for six years with a provision for further extension by another three years, Bhel said.
“Oman is Bhel’s key export market and has been a springboard for entry into the Middle East region with benchmark references established in the sultanate. With the present order, Bhel will have the unique distinction of having 15 gas turbine sets installed in Oman alone,” a company statement said.
PDO, a company majority owned by the Government of Oman with the balance shareholding by Royal Dutch Shell, Partex and Total, is Bhel’s most important customer in the Sultanate, for whom it has successfully executed four power projects on an EPC basis. Notably, the sets it supplied account for over 50 per cent of PDO’s installed generating capacity. In addition, Bhel has executed three orders for compressor packages for PDO.
“This order demonstrates PDO’s continued confidence in Bhel’s capabilities and competitiveness. This contract will further enhance Bhel’s long-term visibility in the overseas petroleum sector for power plant equipment, which may pave the way for similar opportunities from the hydrocarbon exploration and production majors worldwide,” the Indian company said.
Significantly, Bhel has secured and executed 14 major contracts in the past 14 years in Oman. These include seven power projects on an EPC basis from diverse sectors including petroleum, utility and industry.
For the latest contract, gas turbines and associated equipment will be manufactured and supplied by Bhel’s Hyderabad (India) plant and the state-of-the-art control system will be manufactured and supplied by the company’s electronics division, Bangalore.
Bhel is the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related/infrastructure sector. The company has been earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying dividends since 1976-77. 
It manufactures over 180 products under 30 major product groups and caters to core sectors of the Indian economy such as power generation and transmission, industry, transportation, telecommunication, renewable energy etc. The company has a network of 14 manufacturing divisions, four power sector regional centres, over 100 project sites, eight service centres and 18 regional offices. It develops and adapts technologies from leading global companies while also developing its own technologies at its R&D centres.