📋 Tender Overview
Scope : To Set up an Oil-to-Chemicals (O2C) Project in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu.
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.
On April 2024, Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL), a producer of polymers and chemicals, plans to make a USD 10 billion investment on an oil-to-chemicals (O2C) project in Tamil Nadu.
The project will convert crude oil directly into chemicals to meet the growing demand for polymers in the country. On completion, the project will have a capacity to make 3.5 million tonne of ethylene and propylene, which are used in shopping bags, car parts and water pipes, among others.
