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Encyclopedia > Engineers India Limited

Engineers India Limited (EIL) is a public-listed company under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and is a business enterprise of the Government of India that was initially set up in 1965 to help the vital petroleum industry in the country. It has to its credit, more than 4,300 assignments, including 320 major projects, that has, so far, been successfully completed. A public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securities (stock, bonds, etc. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane but including significant quantities of ethane, butane, propane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium and hydrogen sulfide. ... Wall Street, Manhattan is the location of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the world of business. ... It has been suggested that Organizing be merged into this article or section. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार [1]Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The oil industry is a type of industry which brings petroleum to a financial market. ...


Based in New Delhi, EIL has: , This article is about the urban region that is the capital of India. ...

  • a branch office at Mumbai;
  • a zonal office at Kolkata;
  • regional offices at Chennai and Vadodara; and
  • inspection offices at all major equipment manufacturing locations in India.

It also has overseas offices at London, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Qatar, and Malaysia. EIL also has a large number of se offices in India and abroad. , “Bombay” redirects here. ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ... , “Madras” redirects here. ... “Baroda” redirects here. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ...


EIL has two wholly owned subsidiaries, EIL Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, and Certification Engineers International Ltd., to undertake independent certification, and third party inspection assignments. In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another company or corporation. ... Product certification or product qualification is the cornerstone of all bounding and the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance and/or quality assurance tests or qualification requirements stipulated in regulations such as a building code and nationally accredited test standards, or that it complies with a...

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Scope of activities

Since its establishment, EIL has diversified into the following fields:

Presently, it is diversifying further into the following new areas: Petrochemicals are chemical products made from raw materials of petroleum (hydrocarbon) origin. ... Offshoring describes the relocation of business processes from one country to another. ... The Hibernia platform is the worlds largest oil platform. ... Spreading manure, an organic fertilizer Fertilizers (also spelled fertilisers) are compounds given to plants to promote growth; they are usually applied either via the soil, for uptake by plant roots, or by foliar feeding, for uptake through leaves. ... Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and of materials engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are called alloys. ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ...

EIL provides a complete range of services that includes conceptualisation, design, engineering, and project construction. Its services extends beyond plant commissioning to include: This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information Technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is: the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) is a general synonym for public transportation, often equated to metro systems. ... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... World renewable energy in 2005 (except 2004 data for items marked* or **). Enlarge image to read exclusions. ... Renewable energy (sources) or RES includes all sources of energy that are captured from on-going natural processes, such as solar power, wind power, water flow in streams (hydro power), biomass, biodiesel and geothermal heat flows. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A concept is an abstract idea or a mental symbol, typically associated with a corresponding representation in language or symbology, that denotes all of the objects in a given category or class of entities, interactions, phenomena, or relationships between them. ... All Saints Chapel in the Cathedral Basilica of St. ... Engineering is the design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ...

Lump-sum turnkey projects, from concept to commissioning, is an area in which EIL has entered in a big way. EIL's quality management systems in respect of its services have been assessed and upgraded to ISO 9001:2000 version by the certification agency, Indian Registry of Quality Systems (IRQS). This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Project Management is the discipline of organizing and managing resources (i. ... Process design is the design of processes for desired physical and/or chemical transformation of materials. ... Look up Procurement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Environmental engineering[1][2] is the application of science and engineering principles to improve the environment (air, water, and/or land resources), to provide healthy water, air, and land for human habitation and for other organisms, and to remediate polluted sites. ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information Technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) is: the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... For the physical concepts, see conservation of energy and energy efficiency. ... A turnkey or a turnkey project is a project in which a separate entity is responsible for setting up a plant or equipment (e. ...


Like all other government companies,it got a rap from various Indian media and public entities for non performance.


Manpower resources

EIL has one of the most diversely skilled engineering work force in this region. It has engineers, technologists and specialists, having graduate and higher qualifications in various disciplines of engineering, technology, business administration, etc. It has about four million man-hours available annually in its design offices, along with about 6,000 man-months of construction management services per annum. Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In many countries, Technologists are synonymous with applied scientists or engineers. ... By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the surface of the Earth for the first time and explore space. ... Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a tertiary degree in business management. ...


Completed projects

  • Over 4300 assignments;
  • 320 major projects;
  • 45 petroleum refinery projects;
  • 7 petrochemical complexes;
  • 37 pipeline projects;
  • 200 offshore platforms;
  • 35 oil & gas processing projects;
  • 26 mining & metallurgical projects;
  • 11 ports & terminals;
  • 8 fertilizer projects;
  • 12 infrastructure projects; and
  • 14 turnkey projects.

External links

  • http://www.engineersindia.com

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