India’s Mundra Petrochemical taps Nuberg to build chlor-alkali plant

MUMBAI (ICIS)–Indian producer Mundra Petrochemicals Ltd has awarded engineering services company Nuberg EPC a contract to build its new 2,200 tonne/day chlor-alkali project in the western Gujarat state.

“The project entails construction of the caustic soda plant within the 1m tonnes/year green polyvinyl chloride (PVC) project in Mundra, Gujarat,” Nuberg said in a statement on 11 April.

Nuberg expects to complete the project within 15 months, without disclosing financial details of the contract.

Nuberg EPC is a global engineering and turnkey project management company based in Noida in the northern Uttar Pradesh state.

Mundra Petrochemical is a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Ltd, which is owned by major Indian conglomerate Adani Group.

The caustic soda project forms part of the Adani Group’s 2m tonne/year greenfield PVC project in Mundra.

In March 2023, the company halted construction of the PVC project as it worked to secure project funding.

A consortium of banks led by state-owned State Bank of India had agreed in July last year to finance a significant part of the company’s PVC project, according to media reports.

The project involves setting up a 2m tonnes/year PVC plant in two phases with the first phase expected to be commissioned in the fiscal year ending March 2026.