Entries from India Chemicals Blog tagged with 'Paradip'
Ready for rubber
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) recent financial woes do not appear to have dampened its interest in petrochemicals. After pushing back plans for a paraxylene (PX), polypropylene (PP) and styrene plants downstream of a proposed refinery at Paradip, it is interesting...
Paradip update
I had written about a delay in Indian Oil Corp's (IOC) paraxylene (PX), polypropylene (PP) and styrene projects at Paradip because of rising costs and financial constraints. But a company source tells me that a final decision on the timing...
Paradip petchems postponed
After years of planning and crossing many hurdles IOC has now decided to defer the petrochemical portion of its Paradip project. The decision comes at a time when the company is struggling to cope with huge losses on account of...
Projects and protests
I am back from my holiday and have discovered no earthshaking developments in the last few weeks. But the following news articles caught my eye. First, Dow Chemical’s European arm and GACL have agreed on a 50:50 joint venture to...
Trouble at Paradip
I was under the impression that there are no major hurdles to Indian Oil Corp’s (IOC) refinery and petrochemical project at Paradip. But I came across this news yesterday that the viability of the project is in question following the...
Awash with paraxylene
There is one more paraxylene (PX) plant being planned in India and it is Indian Oil Corp (IOC) again. IOC is said to be studying a plant next to its refinery in Vadodara, Gujarat and has received preliminary approval from...
Preparing for the future
I am back from the first Asian Chemical and Petrochemical Conference with lots of information on the Indian chemicals industry that I plan to share in the coming days. The conference, jointly organised by ICIS and the Indian Chemical Council...
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