Samsung Engineering announced on Tuesday that it has secured an order worth $229 million for a high-density polyethylene plant from ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPaL), a subsidiary of India’s state-owned oil company ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited). The plant will be built at Dahej Special Economic Zone in Gujarat and is expected to produce 3.4 million tons of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) per year. Samsung Engineering will handle the one-time turnkey design, procurement, construction and test run, with an expected completion date of August 2013 .

Gwanggg-yong Cheon, Vice President, Chemicals, Samsung Engineering “This is the 8th individual project won by Samsung Projects in India. This project has benefited from the success of ONGCC’s 110,000 ton ethylene plant under construction. The project is now in the construction phase and has been highly acclaimed by clients ONGC and OPal.

Since its first entry into the Indian market in 1997, the company has successfully completed a number of high quality projects, including the completion of a straight chain alkyl benzene (LAB) project in just 24 months in 2005, which demonstrated to the client, IOCL, the company’s superior project capabilities.

Samsung Engineering India was established in 2006 in 2000 as an independent engineering center for Samsung Engineering’s Korea headquarters. Since then, the company has employed over 600 Indian staff in the areas of engineering, procurement, construction and project management.