ONGC Tripura Power Co (OTPC), a unit of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has signed a MoU with Dhaka to open up a new transport corridor through Bangladesh for transporting heavy equipment for its power plant at Tripura. This will facilitate the transportation of two gas turbines, two steam turbines and about hundred ODC (Over Dimensional Cargo) items required for the OTPC's ambitious 726.6 MW Combined Cycle Gas based power plant at Palatana, Tripura.
The transit route through Bangladesh shall enable cutting down the commissioning time by around 7 to 8 months compared to the earlier plans of transporting the ODCs through a far challenging and complex route. Combined with the investments for drilling new wells, laying of gas pipelines as well as downstream transmission system, implementation of this project would entitle an aggregated investments in excess of Rs 8,000 crore. The implementation of this power project would enable ONGC to increase its gas production in the state from the current level of 1.7 million cubic meters a day to over 5.5 mmscmd.
ONGC has 50 per cent stake in OTPC while IL&FS has 26 per cent. Government of Tripura has 0.5 per cent the rest is untied equity. The first unit of the project with 363.3 MW capacity is expected to be commissioned in the last quarter of calendar year 2011.crackcrack
Company Name | CMP |
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ONGC | 243.70 |
Oil India | 446.70 |
Jindal Drilling&Inds | 759.10 |
Hind Oil Exploration | 195.00 |
Deep Industries | 617.90 |
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