Doosan Enerbility-led consortium wins 840 bln-won plant deal in Vietnam

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- A consortium led by South Korean plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. has secured an 840 billion-won (US$618 million) deal to build a gas-fired power plant in Vietnam by 2030, the company said Thursday. The consortium, formed by Doosan Enerbility and Vietnam's energy service company PetroVietnam Technical Service Corp. (PTSC), will build the O Mon 3 gas-fired combined-cycle power plant for PTSC's parent company, Petrovietnam (PVN), at a site about 180 kilometers southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, the company said in a press release. The latest engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract comes after Doosan Enerbility won a 900 billion-won deal in June last year, in a consortium with a local company, to build another gas-fired combined-cycle power plant at the same site for PVN by 2028. "We will focus on winning further deals from PVN, as the Vietnamese company plans to build gas-fired power plants in the central and northern parts of the country, in addition to the O Mon 3 and 4 projects," a company representative said. Doosan Enerbility has secured five gas-fired power plant deals, including the latest one, worth a combined 3.87 trillion won so far this year. This undated file photo provided by Doosan Enerbility Co. shows its headquarters in Changwon, 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) kyongae.choi@yna.co.kr(END)