The Healthy Universe Foundation has awarded Mr. Samir Saran, the Vice President, TICIL, Karam Chand Thapar & Brothers (Coal Sales) Limited, the National Level Award - "Pride Of Nation" for "Business Excellence" for his contribution towards National advancement.

This prestigious award was given to him by Mr. Jai Prakash Agarwal, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) President and Member of Parliament serving the North East Delhi (DL) Lok Sabha Constituency.
 

 

On 15th July 2010 at about 3.55 PM – the Padur JV Team have successfully conducted the 1st blasting activity at Padur Cavern Project (Part-B). Padur JV team has performed the dynamic blasting event twice per day.

 

 

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SKE&C-KCT JV on 29th December 2009 bagged Rs.376 crores Project for civil and piping works of Underground Rock Caverns (Part B) for strategic storage of crude oil at Padur, Udupi, Karnataka from M/s. Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL).

KCT [Karam Chand Thapar & Bros. (CS) Ltd] entered into a Joint Venture with SKE&C (SK Engineering & Construction) a subsidiary of SK Group, Seoul, Korea to bid for Underground Rock Cavern Projects in India.

This is the second Work Order from ISPRL to SKE&C-KCT JV, subsequent to similar Project at Mangalore worth Rs.403.50 crores, awarded in April 2009.

The Padur Project involves construction of Storage Caverns consisting of:

• 1 No. Access Tunnel of 1119 M length, 12 M width & 8 Mt height.
• 4 Nos. Rock Caverns each of 700 M length, 20 M width & 26-31 M height.
• 4 Nos. Vertical Shafts each of 62 M - 84 M length.
• 1 No. Water Curtain Galleries of 1788 M length, 6.5 M height & 6.5 M width.

TICIL is proud to announce that it has won a prestigious contract for the Civil Works of the Underground Rock Caverns for the strategic storage of crude oil (1.5 mn MT/ 14mn barrels), at Mangalore, Karnataka, from Engineers India Limited ("EIL"), for Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited ("ISPRL").

TICIL secured this bid in a 'Reverse Auction' held on 6 April 2009, for Rs.403.50 crores, in a Joint Venture with S.K. Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., ("SK E&C"), Korea, against industry majors such as L&T, HCC and Soma-Marti of Sweden, amongst others.

Salient features of the 'ISPRL Mangalore' major underground construction work are as follows:

• 4 Nos. Rock Caverns of 913 m length, 20 m width and 26~31 m height;
• 2 Nos. Vertical shafts of 121~131 m length and 7~10 m diameter;
• 4 Nos. Water Curtain Galleries of 920 m length, 6.5~9 m width and 6.5 m height;
• 1 No. Access Tunnel of 900 m length, 12 m width and 8 m height;
• 2 Nos. Gas Connections of 4 m x 4 m; and
• 2 Nos. Inlet/ Outlet Connections of 7 m x 8 m.

TICIL has also submitted a 'Pre-qualification Bid' with SKE&C on 27.03.2009 for the Civil Works for the next stage of Underground Rock Caverns for Strategic Storage of Crude Oil (2.5 mn MT) for ISPRL, at Padur, a distance of 40 kms from the Mangalore Project site. This Project is in Two Packages, Part-A and Part-B, which will be bid for independently. The Final Price Bid/ Reverse Auction for this tender is expected to take place in November 2009.