The cracker at the 230,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery
will have an annual ethylene production capacity of 1.2 million
tonnes.
It is in the last phase of completion and will come online
this year, said two company officials with knowledge of the
matter but who are not authorised to speak to media.
HMEL, a joint venture between state-run Hindustan Petroleum
Corp Ltd and Mittal Energy Investments, will also
start up a bio-ethanol plant at the Bathinda refinery this year
as part of measures to reduce its carbon emissions.
(Reporting by Mohi Narayan; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
By Mohi Narayan
NEW DELHI, Feb 13 (Reuters) - India's HPCL-Mittal Energy
Ltd (HMEL) closed a rare tender last week seeking naphtha for
March-April delivery, four market sources told Reuters on
Monday.
The company sought the supply of 18,000-35,000 tonnes of
naphtha in a tender that closed on Feb. 10, they said. The
tender comes ahead of the start of a naphtha cracker at HMEL's
Bathinda refinery in northern India.
HMEL did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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