Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

L&T Heavy Engineering is set to inaugurate a high tech manufacturing facility in Sohar, Oman. The new unit in the SIPC area, Sohar will augment the existing modular fabrication facility, making it one of the largest integrated manufacturing complexes in the region catering to the hydrocarbon and power sectors.

Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering LLC is a joint venture of The Zubair Corporation and Larsen & Toubro Limited, India. With this JV, L&T now operates four companies in the Sultanate, expanding its operations to cover sectors including Construction, Erection of Transmission Towers, Modular Fabrication and Manufacture of critical equipment for process plants.

The new facility is spread over 3,00,000 sq metres and has a built-up area of 12,000 sq metres with an additional 1,00,000 square metres available for future expansion. The Sohar facility is a pioneering venture in the GCC region and L&T's maiden venture in critical fabrication projects outside India.

The facility has been constructed by L&T Oman LLC, the first JV between L&T and Zubair. The yard is now fully geared up for fabrication and load out of a 8 legged jacket weighing a colossal 10,000 metric tons. The jacket will be rolled on to a custom built barge for onward transportation to Mumbai High North offshore field of Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC).