(BS)
ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL)’s much delayed single largest petrochemical plant in the country at Dahej Special Economic Zone (SEZ) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday here.A joint venture company promoted by ONGC, GAIL and GSPC, OPaL is implementing a grass root integrated petrochemical complex located within the SEZ under the Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR) at Dahej near Bharuch.
At full capacity, the complex will annually produce 1.4 million metric tonnes of polymers such as linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene and 500,000 metric tonnes of chemicals like benzene, butadiene and pyrolysis gasoline, among others. These products are known as polyolefins, a collective description for plastics types used in various industries including consumer durables, pipes, plastic solutions, food and non-food packaging, automobiles and textile industries.The products will be marketed under the brand name ‘Opalene’, with OPaL expecting to export 40 per cent of the same.
