 "OPaL inches closer to commissioning $4.5 bn petrochemical project in Dahej")
ONGC Petro additions Ltd (OPaL) - promoted by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) and co-promoted by Gail India and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) - is progressing with its commissioning activities, with the commencement of furnace refractory dry out of its dual feed cracker unit (DFCU), one of the key units of this $ 4.5 billion mega petrochemical project located at Dahej, Gujarat.
This activity marked readiness of ultra-modern cracking furnaces licensed and constructed by Linde group of Germany.
Recently, OPaL announced that naphtha, the principal feedstock for OPaL’s dual feed cracker unit, has arrived at GCPTCL port Dahej, through sea route from ONGC Hazira, for onward transmission through pipeline to OPaL’s production facility. OPaL has also procured propylene, a principal feedstock to start operations of its polypropylene (PP) unit. Propylene was transported to OPaL’s petrochemical complex through road tankers.
According to K Satyanarayana, chief executive officer, OPaL, procuring the feedstocks is a big leap forward towards the commissioning of this megaproject, as it will lead to starting of production operations of its dual feed cracker unit and downstream polypropylene plant. “This major achievement will act as a huge confidence booster for all its stake-holders who are pepped up to see the plant go on-stream in coming few months,” he added.
OPaL is setting up a grass root mega petrochemical project at Dahej (Gujarat) as a part of the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) - first of its kind in India. The complex mothers a dual feed cracker with a capacity to produce 1100 kilo tonne per annum (KTPA) ethylene, 400 KTPA propylene along with polymerisation units and various associated units consisting of pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit, butadiene and benzene extraction units. The polymer plants of OPaL has two LLDPE/HDPE swing units each with a capacity of 360 KTPA, a 340 KTPA of dedicated HDPE and a 340 KTPA of PP.
