Zishan Engineers
|
Turning Ideas into Reality | |
| Private | |
| Industry | Engineering |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | Syed Atiquddin Ahmed, Suhail Hamid |
| Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan |
Number of locations |
Pakistan Nigeria Saudi Arabia |
Key people |
Syed Atiquddin Ahmed,Executive Director Suhail Hamid, Executive Director |
| Services |
Project Conceptual and Front-end engineering analysis Project Feasibility and Research Studies Engineering design Construction supervision End-to-end project management services |
Number of employees | 150 |
| Subsidiaries | Zishan Engineers Nigeria Ltd. |
| Website |
www |
Zishan Engineers (Pvt.) Ltd. (ZEL) is a Pakistani engineering consultancy incorporated in 1981. In addition to Pakistan, ZEL has invested in Nigeria.[1]
ZEL provides services to the oil and gas, petrochemicals, water, power generation, and various other industrial sectors.[2] Their major clientele include companies in these sectors in Pakistan, and certain foreign companies in Nigeria, USA, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Malaysia and Bangladesh.[3][4]
History
The company was incorporated as a private limited company in 1981. This time the concept of design engineering in Pakistan was virtually non existent. With the emergence of ZEL and other Pakistani engineering consultancies, the dependence of Pakistani industrial companies on foreign companies for expertise on design engineering reduced significantly.[5]
In 2008, ZEL achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification.[6]
Activities
- ZEL was awarded the engineering design for Kunar-Pisakhi-Deep, Neshpa, Mela Kunnar and Tando Allah Yar (KPD-DAY) fields by Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) in 2012.
- ZEL completed the Detailed Engineering design project for Lotte Pakistan PPTA Ltd, subsidiary of Lotte on their Cathode Recovery Expansion Project in 2010.[7]
- ZEL completed the basic and detailed engineering for Feed for expansion Modification of Truck Loading for Oman Refineries and Petrochemical Ltd in 2010.[8]
- ZEL completed the Detailed Engineering and Design work on the 128 km gas pipeline linking the Calabar Cluster of industries to the Nigerian Gas Company’s grid in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria in 2008. The client for this project was Oando Gas & Power’s subsidiary East Horizon Gas Company.[9]
Controversies
Zishan Engineers was awarded the engineering design for Kunar-Pisakhi-Deep, Neshpa, Mela Kunnar and Tando Allah Yar (KPD-DAY) fields by Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC). The project is a major national development with a total cost of 72 billion rupees. The engineering design project awarded is of over 250 million rupees. After losing the bid, ENAR, one of participating companies in the tender, made corruption allegations, and the deal was criticized by media sources.[10] Corruption allegations were denied by OGDC.[11][12] OGDCL clarified that ZEL's bid was 192 million PKR less than ENAR, the 2nd lowest bidder, and that process was completely transparently and none of the pre-qualified consultants including ENAR objected to it.[13]
References
- ↑ Corporate partner/client of Global Energy Services
- ↑ "Zishan Engineers (Pvt.) Ltd.". Pakistan & Gulf economist 12 (40–51): 150. 1993.
- ↑ Honors for Zishan Engineers as the major consultant hired by Lotte Pakistan for their CRU Plants complete designing (page4)
- ↑ Source referring to job done by ZEL
- ↑ Indus Refineries Cooperate Partners – ZEL and other engineering firms
- ↑ ZEL ISO Certificate
- ↑ Completion of CRU Project
- ↑ Mention in zawya Middle East Project directory
- ↑ ZEL is mentioned as chief Engineering consultant in Pipelines International News
- ↑ Maken, Aftab (2012-01-26). "Another Rs72 billion oil scam in making?". The International News. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ↑ "OGDC clarifies Rs72 billion scam". The International News. 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ↑ "OGDCL rejects corruption allegations". Pakistan Today (Press release). 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
- ↑ "OGDC's KPD-TAY to produce 284 mmcfd gas". Daily Times. 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-01-30.