State-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has signed an MoU with a Russian company INTMA, to set up a gas-based power project in Kazakhstan. BHEL is mainly engaged in manufacturing of power plant equipment like gas turbines, steam turbines, hydro turbines and boilers. BHEL has a wide experience in construction of power plants in India and overseas. BHEL is currently operating 23 major projects in 16 countries and has a presence in more than 75 countries.

The MoU’s main objective is to set forth a path to combine BHEL’s competence in design and manufacturing of power plants and INTMA’s strength in handling Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contracts.

INTMA

• INTMA is the leading general EPC contractors in Russia and Kazakhstan.
• The company has wide experience in industrial construction, renovation of facilities, automation and other energy related sectors.

Tidbits

1. Kazakhstan is the World’s largest landlocked country by land area and 9th largest country.
2. The Capital of Kazakhstan is Astana. Currency is Tenge.
3. The current President of Kazakhstan is Nursultan Nazarbayev. The current Prime Minister is Karim Massimov.
4. Kazakhstan was the last country of the Soviet republics to declare independence following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.