GAIL Assam Gas Cracker & petro-complex at Lepetkata
11 Jul '06
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The Rupees 5460 crore Assam Gas Cracker Project, proposed as a part of the Assam Accord and now being implemented by GAIL (India) Limited led Joint Venture Company (JVC) will have its Head Office located in the State of Assam, either at Guwahati or Dispur.
During discussion in the very first Joint Venture Partner Meet on 26.05.2006, it was informed that the Head Office of the proposed Gas Cracker Project will be in the State of Assam.
The equity participation in the project will be governed by decision taken by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) of the Government of India.
The CCEA had approved that GAIL led JVC will implement the Assam Gas Cracker Project to set-up an integrated Petrochemical Complex at Lepetkata, District Dibrugarh.
The Feedstock for the Petrochemical Complex is 6.0 MMSCMD gas from Oil India Limited (OIL) Duliajan and 1.35 MMSCMD gas from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGCL) upto 31/3/2012 and 1.00 MMSCMD thereafter.
The Petrochemical Complex shall also utilize 160,000 tons per annum (TPA) of petrochemical grade Naphtha from Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL).
The petrochemical complex will comprise of a cracker unit, downstream polymer and integrated off-site/utilities plants. The complex has been configured with a capacity of 220,000 TPA of Ethylene and 60,000 TPA of propylene with Natural Gas and Naphtha as feed stock.
The Products from the Petrochemical Complex shall be 220,000 TPA of HDPE/LLDPE, 60000 TPA of Polypropylene, 55,000 TPA of Raw Pyrolysis Gasoline and 12,500 TPA of Fuel oil.
GAIL (India) Ltd (Erstwhile Gas Authority of India Ltd), India's principal gas transmission and marketing company, was set up by the Government of India in August 1984 to create gas sector infrastructure for sustained development of gas market in the country.
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