India’s Deepak Fertilizers restarts methanol facility

14 January 2010 07:59  [Source: ICIS news]

SINGAPORE (ICIS news)--India’s Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemical Corp restarted its 100,000 tonne/year methanol unit at Taloja in Maharashtra state on 10 January after securing feedstock natural gas supply for the plant, a company source said on Thursday.

The plant was shut on 5 December 2009 due to a shortage of natural gas. 

"We were in the process of finalising a new gas supply deal contract and had to shut down the plant during that period. Now the gas supply has been arranged," the source added without providing details of the supplier.

Other methanol producers in India include Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Co and Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers.

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By: Priya Jestin

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