Bhubaneswar: A slew of mega projects worth more than Rs 11,000 crore of IndianOil and Paradip Port Trust will be unveiled at Paradip in Odisha on February 6, informed Chairman of Paradip Port Trust Rinkesh Roy.
In a joint press meet held by IOCL and Paradip Port Trust here on Monday said, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will be present on the occasion.
The projects include world-class Polypropylene (PP) Plant, built at a cost of Rs 3,150 crore. It will support the plastics industry of Eastern Region.
Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) Plant, estimated to cost Rs. 5,654 crore, will give a fillip to polyester industry/textile park in Odisha, said a statement.
0.6 MMTPA LPG Import Terminal, being built at a cost Rs. 690 crore, will enhance the availability of clean cooking gas in Odisha and neighbouring States.
Clean cargo berth to handle containers & clean cargo, diversify Paradip Port Trust’s cargo profile, and provide logistics support to local industries.
The mechanisation of existing berths and capacity augmentation to 30 million tonnes will facilitate coal exports, reduce pollution, said the statement.
Built at an investment of Rs 3,150 crore, the 680-KTA Polypropylene (PP) Plant, will increase IndianOil’s petrochemicals capacity to 3.15 MMTPA, with many other projects to follow.
It will also considerably reduce import of polypropylene grades, thereby saving foreign exchange for the exchequer.
The PP Plant shall act as the mother unit in nurturing the downstream plastics processing industry in the region.
The Union Ministers will also lay the foundation stone for Monoethylene Glycol Plant at Paradip Refinery.
A 357-KTA Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) Plant is also being set up at Paradip Refinery at an estimated cost of Rs 5,654 crore.
TDVS Gopalkrishna, Executive Director of Paradip Refinery, Pritish Bharat, SLC, Oil Industries, Sujoy Choudhury, CGM (Petrochemical –Marketing), IOCL, and S Pattnaik, CGM, HR, SERPL, IOCL were also present during the press meet.
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