Project Profile
Value: US$800 Million
Location: near Bharuch, Gujarat state, India
Capacity: 4.2 million tonnes per year
Startup Year: 2018
The project involves the construction of a 2.3 million metric tonnes per annum purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Dahej. Future expansion option will allow the plant to increase by another 1.15 million metric tonnes per annum at a later stage. The PTA plant, which is equipped with process technology from INVISTA Performance Technologies, will use paraxylene feedstock from RIL’s nearby 1.24 million-b/d Jamnagar refinery to boost the company’s total PTA capacity to 3.2 million tpy. The Dahej manufacturing site also includes an ethane-propane recovery unit, gas cracker, caustic chlorine plant, and four downstream plants for the production of polymers and fiber intermediates.
Operators:
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL): Operator with 100% interest
Contractors:
INVISTA Performance Technologies: Contract to equip the plant with process technology