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HPL Plans to Build Oil-to-Chemicals Plant in TamilNadu

Indian petrochemical producer Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL) plans to develop a new oil-to-chemicals facility in Cuddalore in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. 

 

The first phase of the project will establish an ethylene cracker with an expected capacity of 1.8mn t/yr, plus downstream units producing butadiene, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), monoethylene glycol, propylene and polypropylene.

 

Feedstock for the cracker will come from its upstream 6.2mn t/yr, or 127,400 b/d, crude processing unit at the same complex. HPL is also expected to import butane and propane to feed the cracker, according to a company submission to India's environment ministry in early December. The firm will develop an aromatics plant in phase two.

 

The project is estimated to cost 783bn rupees ($10.5bn) and take eight years to develop.

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