The order is for four Rolls-Royce RB211 packages, which will be used on the 500km Vijaipur-Dadri Bawana Pipeline (VDPL) running from Vijaipur to Dadri.
This follows a $130m contract award in 2008 for six RB211 gas compressor sets for the 600km Dahej-Vijaipur (DVPL) pipeline that runs between Dahej in Gujrat to Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh.
All 10 Rolls-Royce gas turbine packages will be used to increase the flow of gas on these projects in India.
The four new RB211-GT61 dry low-emissions (DLE) units will be sited at two compressor stations, Kailaras and Chainsa, joining the other six to be located at Vijaipur and Jhabua.
All 10 sets will drive RFBB36 gas compressors designed and manufactured by Rolls-Royce. When all the units are installed, they will increase the flow of gas along the lines to help to power industries such as fertiliser, steel and petrochemical in addition to homes in the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Punjab.
The RB211 gas generators will be manufactured at the company’s Montreal facility, while the packaging of the units and the manufacture of the compressors will take place in Mount Vernon, Ohio.
All the equipment for this latest contract is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2011.
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