Dodsal was founded as a trading company in 1948 in Mumbai, India. The Partners were DODWELL [a British Trading Company], Mr. Karsa Salem and the Kilachand family. In 1957, the Kilachand family's shares were acquired by the Nandlal Kilachand branch of the family. In 1975, the Nandlal Kilachand branch of the family acquired 100% of the equity of the Dodsal group and in 1995 the Rajen Arvind Nandlal Kilachand branch of the family acquired the total shareholding. Today, the Dodsal Group is a Dubai-based diversified multinational group which operates in the areas of Engineering and Construction, Infrastructure Development and Management, Exploration of Hydrocarbons and Mining of Minerals and Metals for the energy sector, Trading Activities and Quick Service Restaurants.With a business volume of over US$2 billion, Dodsal is one of the leading energy and infrastructure development companies in the world and soon to be an oil and gas, minerals and metals producer.Dodsal undertakes its Engineering and Construction business in the energy and infrastructure sectors on an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) and large construction project basis along with financing if required. The company's operations cover the Middle East and North Africa and the Indian Subcontinent with offices in United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and India.In the Infrastructure Development and Management business, the Group has already implemented on a finance, build, operate and transfer basis three pipeline projects in India and North Africa (two for petrochemical products and one for natural gas in India and one for petroleum products in Sudan.)