Descon Engineering was established in 1977. DESCON Engineering is part of DESCON group which has three major businesses viz. Engineering, Chemicals & Power.

Businesses

The Engineering Business comprises following establishments:

1. Descon Engineering Limited
2. Descon Engineering Abu Dhabi
3. Descon Engineering Qatar LLC
4. Descon Engineering Kuwait
5. Descon Engineering FZE Hamriyah Sharjah
6. Olayan Descon Industrial/Engineering Company, Saudi Arabia
7. Descon Integrated Projects Pvt Limited
8. Presson Descon International Limited

The Chemicals Business comprises following establishments:

1. Descon Chemicals Pvt Limited
2. Descon Oxychem Limited
3. Descon Corporation Pvt Limited
4. Nimir Resins Limited

The Power Business comprises following establishments:

1. Rousch Power Pakistan Limited
2. Altern Energy Limited
3. Descon Power Solutions Pvt Limited

History

Brief history of Descon is as below:

• 1977 - Company established
• 1978 - Acquired the Pak-Arab Fertilizer Project in Pakistan
• 1980 - Olayan-Descon formed - a JV with Olayan Group
  Olayan Group
  The Olayan Group , is a Saudi conglomerate established in 1947 by Sulaiman S. Olayan and his son Khaled S. Olayan . The Olayan Group traces its origins back to the General Contracting Company , founded to work on the construction of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline alongside the American contracting...
  
   of Saudi Arabia
• 1981 - Acquired the first major project of NRL Lube Oil Refinery
• 1982 - Descon Manufacturing Works commissioned
• 1982 - Office established in Abu Dhabi
• 1983 - Acquired the first Gas Field project - an LPG Plant at Pakistan Oil Fields Limited
• 1984 - First project in cement sector acquired
• 1992 - Engro Fertilizer Relocation project acquired
• 1999 - First Contract in Qatar acquired
• 2000 - EPC Contract for Mirani Dam acquired
• 2000 - JGC-Descon formed, a JV with JGC Corporation
  JGC Corporation
  JGC Corporation is a global engineering company headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. It is listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The company was founded on 25 October 1928. In 1976, it changed its original name from Japan Gasoline Co. to JGC Corporation...
  
   of Japan (JV company remained effective till early 2010)
• 2001 - Fabrication shop established in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi
• 2001 - Presson Descon International(PDIL) formed - a JV with Presson(Enerflex) of Canada
• 2002 - Descon Engineering Qatar LLC established
• 2002 - Yanbu Workshop Commissioned
• 2005 - Hamriyah Manufacturing Works, Sharjah, commissioned
• 2006 - Ghayathi Shop established in Abu Dhabi
• 2006 - Rousch Power Plant and Altern Energy acquired by Descon
• 2007 - Karachi Manufacturing Works commissioned
• 2007 - First major EPC contract in UAE acquired from Fertil
• 2008 - Descon Oxychem commissioned
• 2008 - Office establish in Kuwait
• 2009 - 1200 Ton crane added to equipment resource base
• 2010 - Descon Integrated Projects Pvt Limited (DIPL) formed
• 2010 - 50MW FFECL Wind Power Project acquired
• 2011 - 400MW UCH-II Power Plant Contract acquired

Major Projects Completed

1. Halmore Bhikki 225MW Combined Cycle Power Project
2. Borouge
   Borouge
   Borouge, a manufacturer of polyoleofins, was founded in 1998, and is a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Austria's Borealis...
   
    – 2 Fabrication of Ethylene Furnaces
3. Ma’aden Magnesite Mine Facilities & Process Plant
4. MEI works for Ras Laffan C integrated power and desalination plant
   Ras Qartas Energy Plant
   Ras Qartas Energy Plant is a power generation and water desalination plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. It has installed capacity of 2,730 MW, which include eight gas turbines and four steam turbines by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The first stone of the plant was...
   
   
5. Implementation of operational improvements to process units
6. Borouge
   Borouge
   Borouge, a manufacturer of polyoleofins, was founded in 1998, and is a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Austria's Borealis...
   
    2 Utilities Project
7. New Ammonia / Urea Fertilizer Complex Offsite – Water Treatment Facility
8. Pearl GTL Plant
9. Asab Gas Development, Phase II Project
10. Mangla Dam
    Mangla Dam
    The Mangla Dam is located on the Jhelum River in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is the sixteenth largest dam in the world. It was built from 1961 to 1967 with funding from the World Bank. The project was designed and supervised by Binnie & Partners of London, and it was built...
    
     Raising Project Contract No. MDR – 33 Construction of Water Treatment Plant for New City
11. Offshore Associated Gases – Package 1 (OAG 1)
12. Borouge – 2 Fabrication of Ethylene Furnaces
13. 7,200 TPD Fauji Cement Plant
14. Fertil Urea De-bottlenecking Plant
15. Kachhi Canal Project
    Kachhi Canal Project
    The Kachhi Canal Project is located in Punjab, Pakistan. It was started in October 2002. The project, estimated to cost Rs28 billion, is planned as a fast track part of Water Vision 2025, the national development programme of water and hydropower resources. The first leg of the project comprises...
    
     – Contract # KC-03
16. 300 MMSCFD Manzalai Field Development Project
17. SEWA – 50 MW Khorfakkhan Power Station Project
18. Sahara Polypropylene & Propane Dehydrogenization (PP/PDH) Plants
19. Ras Laffan Olefin Project
20. 5,000 TPD New Cement Plant at QNCC No. 3 (Umm-Bab, Qatar)
21. Petro Rabigh PC 3 HDPE
22. Taunsa Barrage
    Taunsa Barrage
    Taunsa Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus in the Muzaffargarh District of Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated 20 km southeast of Taunsa Sharif....
    
     Emergency Rehabilitation and Moderanization Project
23. Qatar Gas 3&4 Onshore Project Subcontractors’ Camp – Package B&C
24. Construction of 8 MGD Filter Plant – Package-A (Contract No. HDP-006)
25. Contract Package 3B; Construction of Part of Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1)
    M1 motorway (Pakistan)
    The M1 is a motorway in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is 155 km long, with 67 km in Punjab and the remaining 108 km in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It has become a vital link to Afghanistan and Central Asia and is expected to take much traffic off the highly used N5...
    
    
26. EPC for Upgrade of Welhead Control and Safety Systems for Thamama ‘C’ OGD-0 & OGD-1 Gas Producers
27. 6700 TPD Maple Leaf Cement Project
28. 6700 TPD D.G. Khan Cement Project
29. Zamzama Gas Field Development Phase-2
30. Pakistan Motorway, Islamabad Peshawar Section (M-1)
31. Mirani Dam
    Mirani Dam
    Mirani Dam is a medium-size multi-purpose concrete-faced rock-filled dam located on the Dasht River south of the Central Makran Range in Kech District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Its . reservoir is fed by the Kech River and the Nihing River....
    
     Project
32. Dolphin Onshore Gas Plant
33. Zamzama Gas Field Development Phase-2
34. 6,000 TPD Pakistan Cement Plant
35. QG II LNG Onshore Facilities Project
36. LNG Debottlenecking Project
37. Thamama C, F, Units 6 & 7 Gas Wells Tie-In
38. 80 MMSCFD Rehmat Gas Field Development
39. Borouge Polyethylene Plant Expansion Step-II
40. Bab Field Production Facility Expansion Project
41. 50 MMSCFD Gurguri Gas Plant
42. Ethane Recovery Maximization
43. SIPC Methanol Project
44. Storage Tanks for Saudi ARAMCO
45. Construction of Housng Complex - C&D Type Apartments
46. Cement Plant Expansion Khurasaniyah
47. Zamzama Gas Field Development Project Phase-1
48. Sawan Gas Field Development Project Phase I & II
49. Sui Gas Compression Project Phase 3
50. BuHasa Electrical Power Skid Project
51. Taweelah – Fuel Oil Storage Facility
52. Mazarani Gas Field Development
53. Raising of KRL Dam
54. Bhit Gas Field Development
55. Yanbu – Steam Power Plant Unit-4
56. PTA Dryer Replacement Project
57. Relocation of Pirkoh Compressors Turbine Units form Sui to Hyderabad,
58. Kadanwari Upgrade & Miano Gas Field Development
59. GASCO
    GASCO
    Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd is a natural gas company of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE. It is a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company , which owns 68% of its shares. Shell owns 15%, Total S.A. 15%, and Partex 2%. The company is managed by Mohammed Sahoo Al Suwaidi.- History :GASCO was...
    
     Ruwais Facilities Up-gradation Project
60. Borouge
    Borouge
    Borouge, a manufacturer of polyoleofins, was founded in 1998, and is a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Austria's Borealis...
    
     Petrochemicals Project – Polyethylene Plant
61. Borouge
    Borouge
    Borouge, a manufacturer of polyoleofins, was founded in 1998, and is a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Austria's Borealis...
    
     Petrochemicals Project – Ethylene Plant
62. 70 MMSCFD Zamzama Gas Field Facilities
63. Ibn Zahr PP-II Complex
64. 826 MMSCFD ASAB Gas Development Project
65. PARCO (100,000 BPD) Mid Country Refinery Project
66. Kemya Major Expansion & OSBL Utilities
67. VCM Storage and Handling Facilities
68. FFC – Jordan Fertilizer Complex
69. LPG Storage and Handling Facilities
70. Attock Refinery Up-gradation (20,000 BPD)
71. 225 MW Liberty Power Plant
72. Manufacturing & erection of HRSGs for 412 MW Rousch CCPP
73. 2x362 MW Lalpir Power Plant
74. ICI T11 PTA Plant Bin Qasim, Karachi
75. 3000 TPD Fauji Cement Plant
76. 90 TPD to 180 TPD Polyester Expansion Project
77. 4x323 MW Hub River Thermal Power Plant
78. 2x2000 TPD Lucky Cement Plant
79. 412 MW Kot Addu Combined Cycle Power Plant Units 13, 14 & 15
80. 2x210 MW Thermal Power Station Muzaffargharh Units 5 & 6
81. 180 MMSCFD Kadanwari Gas Field
82. 195 MMSCFD Qadirpur Gas Field
83. 2x100 MW Kot Addu Combined Cycle Power Plant Units 11 & 12
84. ICI 191 KTPA Soda Ash Expansion Project
85. Umm-Al-Nar Refinery Expansion Project-II
86. Ammonia and Urea Plant Expansion FFC-II
87. 3000 TPD AC Wah Cement Plant Expansion, Lot-II
88. 300 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant – Guddu
89. Pakven 600 Ammonia & Urea Plant Expansion
90. 2x100 MW Mangla Hydel Plant Expansion Units 9&10
91. 2x100 MW Kot Addu Combined Cycle Power Plant
    Kot Addu Power Company
    The Kot Addu Power Company Limited , was incorporated in 1996, location in Kot Addu, District Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan. Kot Addu Power Plant was built by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority . In April, 1996, the Company was incorporated as a public limited company. Kot Addu...
    
     Units 9 & 10
92. 250 MW Oil Fired Power Project - Jamshoro
93. National Refinery Limited (NRL), Karachi Lube Oil Plant

Technologies Implemented

• Kansai-Mitsubishi Carbon Dioxide Recovery Process (KM-CDR) for Fertil & Engro CO2 recovery Units

Awards

HSE

• CSR NATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 2009
• Annual Environment Excellence Award By NFE&H, Pakistan (2005) NFE&H
• 1st Annual Health & Environment National Excellence Award, Pakistan (2005) HELP International
• Safety Award on 3.8 Million MH W/o LTI at BAB Field Production. Project (2005) JGC Corporation
• Four Million MH LTI Free at Qatargas LNG DBN Project (2004) JGC Corporation
• Special Recognition Award About HSE, ADGAS – TAKREER, UAE (2004) ADNOC
• Safety Award on 3,000,000 MH W/o LTI at Saudi Methanol Project, Jubail KSA (2004) SIPCHEM
• Certificate of Recognition, T/A 2003 at Train-2 DBN By Qatar Gas (2004) QATAR GAS
• Safest Contractor Award, T/A 2002 By ENGRO Pakistan Ltd. (2002) Engro-Pakistan
• ADCO Plant S/D 24,319MH First aid/LTI Free at ASAB Gas Plant, UAE (2002) ADCO
• 16 Million MH without LTI at ASAB Gas Development Project, UAE (2001) Gasco & Atheer
• 2 Million MH W/o LTI at GASCO Ruwais Facilities Project Upgrade, UAE (2001) TECHNIP
• Safety Award on 10 Million MH W/o LTI at Borouge Petrochemical. Project (2001) Borouge
• Safety Award on 5 Million MH W/o LTI at Borouge Petrochemical. Project (2000) Borouge
• Safety Performance Award on 4,300,000 MH W/o LTI at AGD Project, UAE (2000) Snamprogetti
• HSE Award for 5.24 Million MH w/o LTI at ICI T11 PTA Project – Pakistan (1997) Foster Wheeler & ICI
• 3 Million MH W/o LTI at Kadanwari Project, Pakistan (1995) LASMO
  Lasmo
  Lasmo plc was a leading British oil and gas exploration and production business. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.-History:...
  
   OIL Pakistan
• Project Safety Award on no LTI at Kadanwari Field Development Project, Pakistan (1994) Foster Wheeler & Lasmo
• Recognition Letter on 1 Million MH W/o Accident at Umm al Nar Refinery Expansion Project - UAE (1992) Snamprogetti

Quality

• Quality appreciation at Kadanwari Upgrade & Miano Field development (2003) OMV
  OMV
  OMV is Austria's largest oil-producing, refining and gas station operating company with important activities in other Central European countries...
  
  Pakistan
• Quality of E&I Work executed at PARCO Mid-Country Refinery project, Pakistan (2000) Marubeni Corporation
• Quality of Tank work appraised at PARCO Mid-Country Refinery project, Pakistan (2000) Marubeni Corporation
• Welding performance appreciation at Borouge UAE (2000) Tecnimont
• Performance appreciated at Mehmood Kot, Qasba Gujrat, Pakistan (1999) Marubeni Corporation
• Quality Control exercised by DESCON is highly appreciable (1997) NEM Netherlands
• Quality and fast track execution appreciated at Lalpir Power Plant (1996) Nichimen