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IndianOil organises the 5th edition of Petrochemical Conclave
New Delhi   05-Feb-2016



IndianOil organised the 5th edition of IndianOil Petrochemical Conclave held at Mumbai today which brought together luminaries from global and Indian petrochemical industry to deliberate on the theme “Petrochemicals Vision 2025 – Challenges and Opportunities.”

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Guest, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, said that the entry of Oil & Gas PSUs into the field of Petrochemicals has ushered in many big ticket petrochemical projects in the country. The recent entrants in the field of Petrochemicals have been Hindustan Petroleum Corporation in collaboration with Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) and MRPL. ONGC Petro Additions Ltd (OPAL) is also expected to join the league during the current fiscal, he said. Talking about the growth of the Petrochemicals Industry in India, he went on to say that the watershed moment in the Petrochemical scenario can be defined as IndianOil’s entry into the fray with big ticket investments of around Rs 20,500 crores (USD 4.12 billion) in the various segments of Petrochemicals including Detergent, Polyester and Plastic raw materials fields. He also spoke about IndianOil’s planned future investments worth Rs 30,000 crores in various petrochemical streams. These projects would create massive employment opportunities – direct employment to around 10,000 people and indirect employment to around 1million people. Further these investments would spur the setting up of around 800-1000 downstream converting industries in the MSME sector, propelling the growth of entrepreneurial landscape. These mega projects when fully operational are expected to also save huge valuable foreign exchange over their entire life cycle.

Mr. B Ashok, Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., highlighted that Petrochemicals have been identified as a prime driver of future growth by IndianOil. He shared IndianOil’s plans to invest Rs 7,650 crore in setting up a petrochemical complex at its Paradip refinery in Odisha in the next 3-4 years. The complex will have a 700,000 tonnes per annum polypropylene (PP) plant and ethyelene derivatives complex to manufacture around 350,000 tonnes of mono-ethyelene glycols (MEG). Mr. Ashok added that IndianOil is now looking at new projects for acrylic acid/acrylates, oxo-alcohol and hydrocarbon resin, besides ethylene derivatives and expansions in the existing product line.

The event witnessed overwhelming participation from global industry experts who engaged in vibrant discussions on a wide range of issues related to petrochemicals and the new global economic order; India’s focus on polymers and the impact of crude plunge.