VOL. XXXIV

NO. 39

1-JULY-1991

Iran

Iran Purchases Electric Equipment from UK Firm; Contracts Siemens to BuildPower Plant

Tavanir, the Iranian electricity authority, has purchased power generatingequipment worth $350mn from John Brown, the engineering division of TrafalgarHouse. The deal is one of the largest power plant orders in the Gulf since theend of the Gulf war. The rotors and hot combustion parts for the equipment aremade by General Electric of the US. The turbines, categorized as "Frame9,"...