BPCL to set up Polypropylene unit at Kochi Refinery

20 Dec 2023 Evaluate

Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has received approval for a proposal for setting up Polypropylene (PP) Unit, for production of Polypropylene at Kochi Refinery, at gross project cost of Rs 5044 crore. The proposed capacity addition is 400 Kilo-Tonnes Per Annum (KTPA) of Polypropylene, which will take approximately 46 months from the date of investment approval.

Considering the robust growth due to expanding market demand of the petrochemical segment in India and availability of Propylene feedstock provides BPCL Kochi Refinery (KR) opportunities for production of Polypropylene, which has wide applications in downstream industries such as packaging films, sheet, boxes, containers, bags, homeware, homecare, personal care and articles of day-to-day usage. The Board at its meeting held on December 19, 2023 has approved the same. 

BPCL is into exploration, production and retailing of petroleum and petrol related products. The retail business unit of BPCL is into marketing of petrol, diesel and kerosene.

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