MOSCOW (MRC) -- Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, laid the foundation of USD509.58 million (Rs.3150 Crore) Poly-Propylene plant at IndianOil’s Paradip Refinery project complex, Paradip on Nov. 16, said Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Pradhan described the project as a dawn of new era for the industrial development. Emphasising the need for faster pace of industrial development to realize Prime Minister’s dreams, Mr. Pradhan said that this Poly-Propylene plant will also pave way for developing Petrochemical Hub in this zone. Polypropylene produced by this unit of IndianOil’s Paradip Refinery will be used in ancillaries to make moulded furniture, packaging material, containers, medical disposables, adhesive tapes etc.
Referring to the future plans in this direction, the Union minister said that IndianOil is also evaluating the feasibility of setting up of Ethylene Derivative plant at an estimated cost of nearly USD647.09 million (Rs.4000 crore). This will indeed act as a catalyst in the socio-economic development of the country and the state in particular. This plant will provide products that will facilitate manufacturing of Polyester Chips, Fibers, PET bottles, PET Chips, Polyester yarn etc.
IndianOil, Director, Refineries, Mr. Sanjiv Singh, welcomed the dignitaries and spoke about IndianOil’s foray in Petrochemicals. The laying of the foundation stone of the 700 TMTPA Poly-Propylene (PP) Unit marks the first step in the direction of integration and progress. The consumption of Polypropylene in India has seen a steady rise in the last decade and the trend is likely to continue with the increased use of plastics in automotive, processing and packaging industries.
As MRC wrote before, Indian Oil Company is likely to expand the production capacity of its refinery in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Production capacity of the refinery is planned to be increased from 13.5 million mt/year to 18 million mt/year. The capacity expansion will be undertaken at a cost of Rs 5,500. The expansion is likely to be completed in 2016-2017. The refinery is located in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited, or IndianOil, is an Indian state-owned oil and gas corporation with its headquarters in New Delhi, India.
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