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Petrochemical meet to be held in Kerala on 18th December

The government of Kerala has organized a Petrochemical  meet for investors on 18 December 2017. Potential investors and customers will get an insight on the downstream opportunities based on feed stock available from BPCL Kochi Refineries upcoming petro-chemical project, which is expected to be commissioned in early 2019.

The Petrochemical Park is being promoted jointly by the State Government, KSIDC, KINFRA and the BPCL-KR in about 480 acres purchased from FACT. The objective of setting up the park is to assist downstream units that can utilize the niche petrochemical products from BPCL Kochi Refinery for manufacturing number of products like adhesives, plasticisers, water based chemicals, sealants etc. The Rs. 5,200 crore Propylene Derivative Petrochemical project will make available specialty petrochemicals like Acrylic Acid, Butyl Acrylate, Ethyl Hexyl Acrylate, Normal Butanol, Iso Butanol and Ethyl Hexanol. These and other raw materials produced at the unit can be used by downstream companies for manufacture of a range of products including acrylic paints, solvents, coatings, adhesives and resins.