Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, said it has been awarded a contract by Larsen & Toubro, to supply a new high-voltage underground cable system for a key project in Oman.

The project is being developed by Oman Electricity Transmission Company as part of a larger overall project known as OETC 143/2014 – 132 kV. The new cable system is aimed at strengthening the power supply to the city of Salalah.

As per the contract, Prysmian will be responsible for the design, engineering and production of a new HV underground cable transmission line between Saada Grid Station and Lilo that includes 85 km of 132 kV XLPE insulated cable. The project will be completed by the end of June 2016.

Commenting on the win, Antonio Chiantore, the general manager for Prysmian Group in the Middle East, said: "This award reconfirms Prysmian’s role, capacity and capabilities to support the development of major power grids also in a strategic region like the Middle East."

A major player in the Middle East region, Prysmian has a number of important projects either completed or currently ongoing, including the 400 kV power transmission system for Transco connecting the Bahia and Saadiyat Grid Stations in Abu Dhabi, the Phase XI underground cable system in Qatar and the MEW 06 Jaber Al Ahmed City and Jamal Abdel Nasser Street projects in Kuwait awarded early this year.

With more than 130 years of experience, sales of nearly €7 billion in 2014, some 19,000 employees across 50 countries and 89 plants, the group is strongly positioned in high-tech markets and offers the widest possible range of products, services, technologies and know-how.-TradeArabia News Service