Entries from India Chemicals Blog tagged with 'ONGC'
New Mangalore refinery shelved
ONGC has taken a difficult but sensible decision. It has finally shelved plans for a new 15m tonnes/year refinery and petrochemical complex at Mangalore. The project had been facing considerable resistance from the local population. In addition, questions were being...
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...
New year ushers in new problems
December closed with ominous signs for the industry. Dow Chemical's proposed commodity petrochemicals joint venture with Petrochemical Industries Co (PIC) was scrapped after strong protests from Kuwaiti opposition leaders who believed that the deal was overpriced at a time when...
Kakinada attracts GMR
Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) Kakinada project continues to attract investors despite questions about its viability. The GMR group is the latest and is reported to have formally expressed interest in taking a stake in the refinery and...
Assam's mini methanol project
Why is it that state-owned companies refuse to think big? After GAIL (India)'s small cracker it is Assam Petrochemical that has floated a plan for a 165,000 tonnes/year methanol plant in Northeast India. A company source has confirmed that negotiations...
The caustic-chlorine dilemma
Indian demand for caustic soda has been steadily expanding thanks to the alumina sector but investments in new chlor-alkali facilities are being held back by limited demand growth for chlorine. As is usually the case, India’s low per capita consumption...
ONGC delays Dahej
This is probably an indication of how difficult it is for Indian public sector companies to put together a petrochemical project. ONGC has announced yet another delay to its cracker complex at Dahej, Gujarat, from mid-2010 to February 2012. The...
Kakinada & Nayachar: back on popular demand
A new year brings in new resolutions and this time around ONGC appears to have recommitted itself a refinery project in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, despite doubts about its viability. And over in West Bengal, the state government is determined to...
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...
PO surplus set to continue
Despite India’s stellar economic performance there are signs that the country’s polyolefin surplus will not disappear very soon. In a presentation at last week’s Asian Chemical and Petrochemical Conference, Raj Datta of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd drew out three scenarios. In...
Kakinada project in doubt
Will ONGC abide by the findings of a pre-feasibility study which questions the commercial viability of its refinery project at Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh? The project comprises a 15m tonnes/year refinery and a 400,000 tonnes/year polypropylene (PP) facility. The study...
ONGC to partner GACL?
It looks like GACL’s ethylene dichloride (EDC) project at Dahej is still alive. The latest news is that GACL is in talks with ONGC to partner the project. ONGC is building a cracker at Dahej and will be in a...
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