MOSCOW (MRC) -- State run Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has received Environment Ministry approval for a Rs 4,588 crore expansion at its refinery facility at Kochi, as per Plastemart.
Theoil and petrochem major can now plan to produce some niche petrochemicals that are mostly imported. The proposed Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Project (PDPP) consists of three major process units - acrylic acid, oxo-alcohol and acrylates.
Land has been acquired for the project. The project is expected to achieve mechanical completion in Q1-2018.
"About 329 KTPA of products will be manufactured from 250 KTPA of propylene feed stock in the PDPP complex. Matching Utilities and off-site facilities are also envisaged as part of the project," the company said.
PDPP complex will be set up close to the refinery to achieve integration of feedstock supply, utilities, offsites and other facilities.
As MRC wrote before, Technip has been awarded a contract by Air Products for a new industrial gas complex in Kochi, India. The contract covers project management, as well as engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the new industrial gas complex for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited – Kochi Refinery (BPCL-KR) located in the state of Kerala.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian state-controlled oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai, India. Bharat Petroleum owns refineries at Mumbai, Maharashtra and Kochi, Kerala (Kochi Refineries) with a capacity of 12 and 9.5 million metric tonnes per year.
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