Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.165 crore from Indian Oil Corporation for setting up a co-generation power plant at its Haldia refinery complex in Midnapore district of West Bengal.

BHEL's scope of work includes design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of a Frame-5 gas turbine generator and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) of 130 tph capacity with associated auxiliaries and balance of plant, in addition to complete civil works and select spares. The project is being set up to meet the requirement of uninterrupted power supply, in addition to the steam needs of the refinery and is scheduled for commissioning in 22 months.

While the gas turbine generator will be manufactured at BHEL's Hyderabad plant, the HRSG and state-of-the-art control system will be manufactured at the company's Trichy plant and Electronics Division, Bangalore, respectively.

For IOC, BHEL is already executing a similar turnkey contract for setting up a Frame-5 gas turbine-based co-generation power plant at its Haldia refinery complex. Earlier, BHEL has supplied and installed several co-generation power plants of various capacities on turnkey basis, at IOC's Gujarat, Panipat, Digboi, Barauni, Haldia and Mathura refineries.

So far, the BHEL has supplied and commissioned more than 700 steam turbine and gas turbine-based plants for a host of industries like metal, paper, sugar, cement and process industries like refineries, petrochemicals, fertilizer etc.