Assam Petrochemicals to set up acetic acid plant in Namrup

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Category: Assam Chemical Projects

Assam Petrochemicals Ltd is to set up an acetic and methanol plant in Namrup in Dibruah district of Assam with an investment of Rs. 102 billion. The company has signed debt agreements with banks and government and other state government corporation to fund the project. The new facility is likely to go operational by end 2014. Methanol is used in the manufacture of acetic acid, formaldehyde, and is used as a feedstock by dyestuff industry for the manufacture of proteins that are synthetic. Acetic acid is used in textile and garment industry for dyeing purposes.

Numaligarh Refinery to invest Rs.7000 million to produce paraffin

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Category: Assam Chemical Projects

Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, a public sector company is looking to invest Rs.7000 million to produce paraffin wax and microcrystalline wax to bridge the domestic short fall. The new facility is likely to produce 43.3 thousand metric tonnes (TMT) of paraffin wax and 4.5 TMT of semi-microcrystalline wax. According to sources, the current demand for these products is estimated at 12.6 mt, while the domestic production stands at 0.9 mt. Candles, pharma products, petroleum jelly and other cosmetic products consume wax.

Numaligarh Refinery to undertake diesel upgradation project in Golaghat

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Numaligarh Refinery to undertake diesel upgradation project in Golaghat in Assam. The company presently operates a 3.0 MMTPA refinery and two conversion unit viz. Hydrocraker of 1.1 MMTPA capacity and a Delayed Coker of 0.306 MMTPA capacity. The other supporting units are Hydrogen unit of 38,000 TPA, Coke Calcination Unit of 0.1 MMTPA, Sulphur Recovery Block and Utilities & Offsites facilities. After the diesel quality upgradation  programme,  it will have the following patterns.

Pattern-1: with Maximum Euro-IV

Products	TPA	TPA
	EXISTING	POST DQUP
LPG	65880	72965
NAPHTHA	42250	41013
MS-BSII(Euro-II)	118143	131270
MS-EURO-III	66857	74286
ATF	108000	108000
SKO	135000	135000
HSD-BS-II(Euro-II)	1393470	0
HSD-Euro-III	360000	1169000
HSD-EURO-IV	0	814000
RPC	106920	118800
Sulphur	3780	7300
Fuel & loss	299700	328366
Total	2700000*	3000000

Pattern-2: with fixed Euro-IV

 

Products	TPA	TPA
	EXISTING	POST DQUP
LPG	65880	72965
NAPHTHA	42250	41013
MS-BSII(Euro-II)	118143	131270
MS-EURO-III	66857	74286
ATF	108000	108000
SKO	135000	135000
HSD-BS-II(Euro-II)	1393470	0
HSD-Euro-III	360000	1833000
HSD-EURO-IV	0	150000
RPC	106920	118800
Sulphur	3780	7300
Fuel & loss	299700	328366
Total	2700000	3000000

Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals to set up Indmax project at Chirang

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Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals to set up Indmax project at Chirang district in Assam. The project involves setting up of INDMAX FCC Unit along with Indmax Gasoline De-Sulphurisation Unit) to eliminate production of black oils (LDO, LVFO & LSHS) and Naphtha and maximize production of value added products, namely, LPG & Motor Spirit conforming to Euro-IV specifications.    The total project cost is estimated at Rs. 10000 million.