BPCL-Kochi Refinery To Launch Second Petrochemical Project By 2022

摘要

PCL-Kochi Refinery will be going ahead with its second petrochemical project to produce polyols at an investment of ￡11,300 crore. An import substitute,The project is expected to go on stream by 2022, said Prasad K Panicker, the company's Executive Director. Polyols are used in the production of polyurethanes used in diverse products such as automotive seats, mattresses and shoe soles. BPCL is in talks with various global firms to finalise the technology for six different products. There is a huge demand for polyols and it is growing at 10 per cent per annum providing good scope for MSMEs to set up units in the complex, according to Prasad K Panicker, the company's Executive Director.