Petrofac has been awarded a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction contract by Vedanta Limited valued at around $233m. The 23-month contract is for Vedanta`s Raageshwari deep gas field development project in Rajasthan, India, and the scope of work includes well pads, flow lines and a new gas processing terminal. The EPC project is for integrated gas surface facilities and includes pre-commissioning and commissioning.

Managing Director for Petrofac`s engineering and construction growth business, said: This award is further confirmation of our organic growth ambitions in action. It is particularly pleasing that we continue to build our presence in-country following two other recent EPC contract awards.