Seven bids received for Rs. 973 crore DUPL line pipe tender

New Delhi, September 16, 2005 GAIL (India) Limited has received bids from seven parties for the Rs. 973 crore line pipe tender for the prestigious Dahej – Uran pipeline (DUPL) project. The deadline for submission of bids ended today. The bids have been received from three foreign and four Indian manufacturers / vendors. The Indian parties that have submitted their bids include Jindal Saw Limited, Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd., Man Industries Limited and PSL Limited. The foreign parties that have submitted their bids include Leman Commodities S.A., Switzerland; Sumitomo, Japan and Liaoyang Steel Company Limited, China. This shows that this significant pipeline project of GAIL has attracted the interest of overseas bidders in Indian gas sector.

Steel plates or Hot Rolled steel coils used in the manufacturing of pipes for this pipeline tender can be sourced by successful bidders from steel manufacturers, either overseas or Indian, who meet the criteria stipulated in the tender. The indicative list of steel suppliers include 7 reputed international steel manufacturers namely, Thyssen Krupp, Germany; Mannesmann Salzgitter Roehrenwerke, Germany; Dillinger Huette, Germany; Ilva (Riva Group), Italy; Azovstahl, Ukraine; Posco, Korea and Voest Alpine, Austria. Among the Indian steel companies, Essar Steel can also be a potential source for supply that Rolled Coils for this project. Tractebel S.A., Belgium are the Project Management Consultants for the DUPL project.

The 30” / 24” / 18” diameter, 474 km long DUPL project is expected to be completed by February 2007 at an estimated cost of Rs. 1830 crore. The pipeline will have a capacity of 12 MMSCMD and will carry natural gas from to the highly supply constrained gas markets in Gujarat and Maharashtra.

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