Assam Gas Cracker Project


The Government has approved setting up of the Assam Gas Cracker Complex at village Lepetkata, Distt. Dibrugarh, Assam with GAIL (India) Ltd. as the main promoter, under an equity arrangement of GAIL: 70%, OIL: 10%, NRL: 10% and Assam Industrial Development Corporation (Government of Assam): 10% with a project cost of Rs. 5460.61 crores.

 The Feedstock for the project will be Natural Gas and Naphtha. Oil India Ltd; (OIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) will supply Natural Gas and Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL) will supply Naphtha. The projects from the Petrochemical Complex shall be as follows:

Product Capacity (TPA)
High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) 110,000
Linear Low Density Poly Ethylene (LLDPE) 110,000
Polypropylene (PP) 60,000
Raw Pyrolysis Gasoline (RPG) 55,750
Fuel Oil 12,500

A Joint Venture Company namely M/s. Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Ltd.(BCPL) was incorporated during January 2007 for implementating this project. The Registered Office of BCPL is at Guwahati, Assam and Project Office is at Dibrugarh, Assam.

 

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