BHEL has bagged an order worth Rs 375 crore for two gas turbine generating units from the Sultanate of Oman.

The order envisages supply and supervision of erection and commissioning of two numbers state-of-the-art gas turbine generating units of 126 MW each for a power project being set up by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) at Amal, Muscat.

This is the first order secured by BHEL as part of the six-year 'Price Agreement (Rate Contract) for 126 MW rating Gas Turbine Generator packages' with PDO, signed in January 2009. The rate contract is initially valid for six years with a provision for further extension by another three years.

For the contract, the Gas Turbines and associated equipment will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL's Hyderabad plant and the state-of-the-art Control System will be manufactured and supplied by BHEL's Electronics Division, Bangalore.

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