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AHEC gets award of ORPC Power Plant Construction from Hirbodan-HICO (30 Aug 2008)

Al Hassan Engineering Co. SAOG (AHEC), part of the Al Hassan Group of Companies and one of the leading EPC and Contracting Companies in Oman, added yet another feather in its cap by winning an order from HICO FZE, Dubai (part of Iran based Hirbodan Group) for Mechanical, Electrical & Instrumentation (MEI) installation works of the Co-generation Power Plant being set up by Hirbodan-HICO FZE for Oman Refineries & Petrochemicals Company (ORPC) at Mina Al Fahal, Muscat.

Hirbodan-HICO FZE consortium has been awarded this project to be executed on EPC basis by ORPC. The Co-generation Plant will meet OPRC’s increased demand for both Power & Steam for the existing refinery.

The Power Plant comprises of Gas Turbines, Heat Recovery Steam Generators, Auxiliary Boilers and associated units. AHEC has already started its site activities. The order value for AHEC is more than US $ 7 million with a project completion duration of only 12 months which is a challenging task.

AHEC with its extensive experience of having executed more than 2000 MW of installed Power in Oman including the Largest Power Plant in Oman – 1000 MW Sohar Aluminium Captive Power Plant, Largest Power Plant Projects undertaken in the Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) network at Qarn Alam & Mukhaizna is fully geared up to take this challenge and is fully committed to fulfill the contractual requirements. Over last two decades, AHEC an ISO 9001:2000 company has established an excellent track record of being a prime construction partner in executing complex jobs in the Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Power Plants, Electricity Transmission & Distribution, Industrial infrastructure projects and Operations and Maintenance of Oil & Gas installations, Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants and has notched up a number of firsts to its credit.

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