BPCL Kochi Refinery has commenced a major expansion project to set up a petrochemical complex for producing polyols,Prasad K Panicker, executive director, BPCL Kochi Refinery, said.
The complex being commissioned with an investment of Rs 11,300 crore is expected to go on stream by 2022-end.
The polyol complex is the second expansion project of the refinery after the Rs 5,500-crore one to produce acrylic acid, acrylates and oxo-alcohol. These petrochemicals are used in the manufacture of paints, water treatment, super absorbent polymer, detergent, adhesives, sealants, solvents, plasticisers, etc.
After the implementation of Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP), Kochi Refinery has the capacity to produce 500,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA) of propylene. Propylene is one of the main feedstocks of petrochemicals.
