Telangana Today reported that Abu Dhabi-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) which operates its Indian arm NPCC Engineering Private Limited (NEL) has expanded its operations in Hyderabad by creating a new office that employs over 450 people. The group that primarily serves oil and gas sector will carry out engineering activity from Hyderabad to start with and later on take up EPC activity for both domestic and overseas petroleum projects. NPCC has recently been awarded an offshore project by ONGC worth over INR 1,800 crore.

The 40,000 sq ft Hyderabad office that the group has created now will work with Abu Dhabi and Mumbai offices in executing global projects in the energy sector.

NPCC is a division of Senaat Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s largest industrial investment holdings company. The company will run its Design Engineering operations in Hyderabad through its wholly owned NEL, Mumbai.

NPCC Group provides total EPC solutions to both the offshore and onshore oil & gas sectors. IT has operations spread across Arabian Gulf, India, South-East Asia and intends to expand operations into Africa and Caspian regions.

It has a long history of working in India with ONGC and other major petroleum companies, serving the Indian oil & gas industry for over 35 years. The group has strong ties with India, and currently employs over 12,000 personnel of Indian nationality in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi alone.

NPCC operates in India through its subsidiaries employing over 700 personnel, based in Mumbai and now in Hyderabad. Some of the marine spread is deployed in Indian territorial waters to serve the offshore projects.

NEL based in Mumbai is a wholly owned subsidiary. It has a staff strength of 250 plus. NEL has a subsidiary, Anewa Engineering Private Limited in Hyderabad (Anewa), with majority (80 per cent) stake in August 2015. Anewa has a staff strength of over 450. Both these subsidiaries are centese of excellence in Design and Engineering.