ONGC lets contract for petrochemical plant

Aug. 31, 2006
Oil & Natural Gas Corp. of India has let contract to Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. for technology consultancy services for the petrochemicals complex it plans at Dahej, Gujarat.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 31 -- Oil & Natural Gas Corp. of India has let contract to Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. for technology consultancy services for the petrochemicals complex it plans at Dahej, Gujarat (OGJ, Aug. 21, 2006, Newsletter).

The $1.05-billion facility will have a dual-feed cracker with capacity of 1.1 million tonnes/year of ethyelene plus units for production of high and low density polyethylene, polypropylene, and styrene butadiene rubber.

The complex will be integrated with an ethane-propane plant under construction at Dahej and also will be able to use naptha as feedstock.