Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has secured a major contract for supply of onshore drilling rigs from India’s premier upstream oil company, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). Valued at over Rs 774 crore, the order is a testimony to the customer’s confidence in BHEL’s capabilities and technological excellence. The order envisages manufacture and supply of 6 numbers state-of-the-art 2000 HP onshore drilling rigs with AC drives.

Significantly, ONGC has gone in for acquisition of new rigs after a gap of over 18 years and has opted for rigs with high efficiency AC drives in line with the latest trends worldwide. Hitherto, ONGC has procured rigs with AC SCR technology where the draw works and mud pumps, etc. are powered with DC drives. Rig operation with AC drives is more efficient than DC drives due to the high power factor of AC motors.

BHEL has established facilities and a dedicated group of expert engineers for manufacture, refurbishment and up-gradation of onshore drilling rigs/rig equipment. For the above contract, the mechanical equipment will be manufactured by BHEL’s Hyderabad plant, while the electrics will be manufactured by the company’s Bhopal plant.

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