Here is an ongoing chronicle of domestic and overseas contracts involving Indian companies in November 2006. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order) [Click here for archives]

A. Domestic Contracts

30 Nov 06

• PSL bagged an order worth Rs.308 crore contract from Bharat Oman Refineries for supply of pipes for the Vadinar-Bina pipeline project. (more news...) (project details)

29 Nov 06

• Larsen & Toubro in joint venture with Alpine Mayreder Bau GmbH, Austria has bagged an order worth Rs.456 crore from NTPC for execution of 4x130 MW Tapovan Vishnugad hydropower project in Uttaranchal. (more news...) (project details)

28 Nov 06

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects has bagged an order worth Rs.388.16 crore from Government of Andhra Pradesh for irrigation related works of Telugu Ganga project and Nandyal Circle. (more...) (project details)

• Sadbhav Engineering in joint venture with PBA Infrastructure bagged a contract worth Rs.297 crore from Public Works Department, Maharashtra for four-laning of Aurangabad-Jalna road (MSH-6) from KM 10/400 to KM 60/200, Beed Bypass KM 292/500 to 305/600 and Zalta Bypass from KM 0/00 to KM 2/850. (project details)

27 Nov 06

• Unity Infraprojects bagged an order worth Rs.65.5 crore from Airports Authority of India for the expansion of the airport terminal building at Amritsar.  (project details)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.129 crore from Hindustan Zinc for setting up a captive power plant at Jawar Mines in Udaipur district of Rajasthan. (more...)

24 Nov 06

• Emco bagged an order worth Rs.38 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for establishment of 400 kV sub-station. Work on the project is scheduled for completion within 24 months. The current book position of the company is Rs.830 crore.

23 Nov 06

• Petron Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.9.95 crore from Indian Oil Corporation for composite works of continuous catalytic reforming unit revamp project at Panipat refinery in Haryana.

• Tantia Constructions bagged an order worth Rs.157.75 crore from Road Constructions Department, Bihar for the improvement of Patna Road under the Patna Town Road Project Scheme.

20 Nov 06

• Sadbhav Engineering bagged orders worth Rs.216.34 crore by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Irrigation and CAD Department (more...)

19 Nov 06

• Petro Engineering Construction bagged two orders worth Rs.4.55 crore from Tuticorin-based Sterlite Industries for construction works related to steel. The scope of work includes mechanical package for 5,000 tonne sulphuric acid tank of Rs.1.95 crore and Rs.2.6 crore for supply, fabrication and erection of structural steel and related sheeting job for a concentrate warehouse project.

14 Nov 06

• Indo Tech Transformers bagged an order worth Rs.7.6 crore from Tamil Nadu Electricity Board for supply of power distribution transformers.

• Texmaco bagged an order worth Rs.125 crore from Container Corporation of India for 900 boogie container fiat wagons.

13 Nov 06

• Nagarjuna Construction Co won two orders worth Rs.226 crore from

1. Government of Andhra Pradesh for widening of SRBC main canal under turnkey basis in joint venture with Maytas Infra [contract value: Rs.258 crore]
2. Central Public Works Department for construction of Jawahar Lal Bhavan in Delhi [contract value: Rs.98 crore]

• PBA Infrastructure secured contracts worth Rs.101.12 crore from Jammu & Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency for:

1. Widening and strengthening of Sidhra-Surinsar Mansar Road in Jammu [contract value: Rs.39.90 crore] (project details)
2. Widening and strengthening of Udhampur Ramnagar Road and widening and strengthening of Chanani Sudh Mahadev Road up to Man Tai [contract value: Rs.61.22 crore] (project details)

• IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects won orders worth Rs.343 crore for:

1. Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project [contract value: Rs.129.95 crore]
2. Water supply Distribution Network in various places in Bangalore, awarded by Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board [contract value: Rs.92.34 crore]
3. Power transmission line works in Bihar, awarded by Power Grid Corporation of India [contract value: Rs.113 crore]

10 Nov 06

• Simplex Infrastructure bagged an order worth Rs.212.11 crore from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to part design and construction of viaduct and structural work of three elevated stations (Chattarpur, Ghitorni and Arjangarh) on Qutub Minar-Gurgaon Corridor of Delhi MRTS project (Phase II). (project details)

• Bhilwara Energy won three hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh to be developed on BOOT basis. (more...)

09 Nov 06

• GEI Hamon Industries bagged an order worth Rs.30.5 crore from Toyo Engineering India for supply of glycol water heating system for LNG Petronet for their LNG regasification project (Phase II) at Dahej in Gujarat. (project details)

• Petron Engineering Construction received a letter of intent from Grasim Industries for its cement plant in Jaipur district Rajasthan. The order valued at Rs.50 crore involves mechanical, fabrication and erection of plant and machinery and laying of refractories for the project. (project details)

• GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of GE Infrastructure, bagged an order worth Rs.29.2 crore ($6.5 million) from Tata Chemicals for a sea water desalination plant project in India on BOO basis.

• PVR Projects bagged two irrigation projects worth Rs.386 crore in Maharashtra (more...)

08 Nov 06

• ICSA India bagged an order worth Rs.17.65 crore from Kerala State Electricity Board under RGGVY scheme in Idukki district of Kerala.

07 Nov 06

• Patel Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.360 crore from NTPC for construction of 4x150 MW Loharinag hydel power project penstock and power house on river Bhagirathi in Uttarkashi District of Uttaranchal. (more news...) (project details)

• Punj Lloyd bagged two contracts worth Rs.1,163 crore from Indian Oil Corporation for hydrocracker unit and hydro generation unit at its Haldia refinery in West Bengal. (more news...) (project details)

04 Nov 06

• Elecon Engineering Co bagged an order worth Rs.29.24 crore for design, manufacturing, testing and supply of wagon tippler stacker reclaimers other equipments and spares.

• Tantia Constructions bagged an order worth Rs.56.01 crore from Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project for construction of sewerage and drainage for borough 1 including house connection lot 1. The project is scheduled for completion within 24 months.

03 Nov 06

• Thermax has bagged two orders valued at about Rs.383 crore for the following

1. 2 x 25 MW coal / petcoke based captive power project to be set up by a cement major. [contract value: Rs. 243 crore].
2. 1 x 25 MW coal / petcoke based captive power project to be set up another cement major. [contract value: Rs.140 crore]. The plants will use CFBC boilers using coal and washery middling that shall be being generated from the coal washery being set up by the user. With this the current fiscal order booking exceeds 250 MW of captive power plants valued at about Rs.1,000 crore.

• Hindustan Dorr-Oliver along with China Aluminium International Engineering Corporation bagged an order worth Rs.200 crore from Vedanta Alumina for the fume treatment plant in Orissa with a completion period of 20 months. HDO also bagged an order from Reliance Energy for fuel gas desulphurisation plant at its 2x250 MW coal-based power unit at Dahanu in Maharashtra.

01 Nov 06

• Sunil Hitech Engineers bagged orders worth Rs.123.4 crore for various power projects  (more...)

B. Overseas Contracts

29 Nov 06

• Praj Industries bagged an order from Biowanze SA, a subsidiary of CropEnergies AG (a Sudzucker Group Company) for licence, basic engineering and other services for thier proposed 3,00,000 cubic metres per annum bio-ethanol complex at Wanze in Belgium. The scope of work involves the core bio-ethanol process plant comprising liquefaction, fermentation, multi-pressure distilation, dehydration and vinasse evaporation. Phase I order value is approximately 11 crore.

22 Nov 06

• The consortium of the Siemens and Siemens AG, Germany bagged an order worth Rs.4,000 crore from Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) for development of Phase VII of the electrical grid in Qatar. (more...)

15 Nov 06

• Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren bagged an order worth Rs.400 crore from ExxonMobil to supply 120 km of 42 inch line pipes that will supply LNG in the Gulf of Mexico.

10 Nov 06

• Punj Lloyd bagged an EPC order worth Rs.803.70 crore from Qatar Petroleum for the Doha Urban Pipeline Relocations Project (DUPRP). (more...)

01 Nov 06

• PSL Ltd bagged an order worth Rs.90 crore from Housing, Electricity & Water (MHEW), Oman for supply of pre coated API 5L Gr B (PSL 2) spiral weld pipes which is scheduled for completion within four months.