Entries from India Chemicals Blog tagged with 'cracker'
Essar inches ahead
Essar's petrochemical plans are slowly taking shape with the company having identified technologies for its cracker and polyolefin units at Jamnagar, Gujarat. ICIS news reported last week that the cracker would be set up in technical collaboration with Lummus And...
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...
Another one bites the dust?
Yet another project appears to be fallen through. This time it is Chennai Petroleum Corp's (CPCL) refining and petrochemicals venture at Ennore in Tamil Nadu. Indian Oil Corp's (IOC) chairman Sarthuk Behuria said in a press conference yesterday that the...
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...
Cracker conundrum
Chennai Petroleum announced last week plans for a refinery and petrochemical complex at Ennore, Tamil Nadu. ICIS news reports that the petrochemical part of the project includes a 1.2m tonne/year cracker and derivatives units. A pre-feasibility study is underway and...
Cracker conundrum
Chennai Petroleum announced last week plans for a refinery and petrochemical complex at Ennore, Tamil Nadu. ICIS news reports that the petrochemical part of the project includes a 1.2m tonne/year cracker and derivatives units. A pre-feasibility study is underway and...
Assam blunder?
Today's Assam Tribune reports that the Indian prime minister will lay the foundation stone for Gail's Assam cracker project on 9 April. This is a project that has never made sense but it looks like politicians are determined to see...
Haldi Petro ownership fight escalates
It is a story with enough twists and turns to put a Bollywood film to shame. Haldia Petrochemicals' creditors have now filed a case in the Calcutta High Court protesting against an order passed by the Company Law Board (CLB)...
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