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BPCL, GAIL Sign Rs 63,000-cr Propane Supply Pact for Project in Maharashtra

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Gas Authority of India (GAIL) have signed a 15-year contract for supply of propane, which is a critical petrochemical feedstock. The contract is estimated at a value of over Rs 63,000 crore.

 

The propane will be supplied to GAIL’s propane dehydrogenation (PDH)-polypropylene (PP) project in Usar, Maharashtra. BPCL will provide GAIL with 600 KTPA of propane from its LPG import facility at Uran, which has capacity to handle one million tpa of LPG imports and is undergoing expansion to accommodate three million tpa of propane and butane imports.

 

GAIL’s Usar PDH-PP project is set to commence operations in 2025. The unit will have a capacity of 500 KTPA, with propylene production integrated into a PP plant of equal capacity.

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