New Delhi: State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) Friday said its board has approved a `4,221 crore project to set up a petrochem project at Paradip.
The board, at its meeting Thursday, “accorded approval for implementation of 357 kg tonne per annum ‘Ethylene Glycol Project’ along with associated facilities at Paradip based on off-gas of the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit at an estimated cost of `4,221 crore,” the company said in a regulatory filing.
IOC would use by-products generated from refining crude oil at its 15 million tonne a year refinery at Paradip to manufacture ethylene glycol.
In the plastics industry, ethylene glycol is an important precursor to polyester fibres and resins. Polyethylene terephthalate, used to make plastic bottles for soft drinks, is prepared from ethylene glycol. IOC said the major application of ethylene glycol is in manufacture of polyester fibre, bottle grade chips and polyester grade chips.
“The project would help in meeting the growing domestic demand of ethylene glycol in the country,” it said.
Bleak Economy
With the retail inflation in India climbing to 4.38 per cent, tell tale signs of the global economic crisis have...
Read moreDetails
