Entries from India Chemicals Blog tagged with 'HPCL'

Getting off the starting block

So the government has finally approved three Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Regions (PCPIRs). Now comes the difficult part. Who is going to undertake mega investments at a time at a time when the global economic outlook is uncertain, demand...

Aramco for Vizag?

Saudi Aramco is now being talked about as a prospective investor in the Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) led refinery and petrochemical complex at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Talks are on to bring in Aramco, says HPCL's chairman in this report...

Kakinada revisited

A few months back I had referred to an article in the Indian press which raised doubts on the economic viability of ONGC’s refinery and petrochemicals project at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. A few readers have posted comments arguing that the...

New petchem partners

Gail’s quest for petrochemicals has taken an interesting turn. It is now looking to tie up with Reliance Industries and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) to set up two greenfield petrochemical plants. HPCL has planned a cracker at Visakhapatnam and...

The more the merrier

Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) says it is teaming up with Total and Kuwait Petroleum for a $3bn refinery at Vishakhapatnam which will also be linked to a petrochemicals complex. An aromatics unit may be built ahead of the refinery....