Overview
GAIL made an entry into the petrochemicals market on April 19, 1999, with the dispatch of a truck of G-lex HDPE grade to Daman. Since then polymer sales have increased to 3.91lakh MT and total value to Rs. 2, 591 crores in the Financial Year 2007-08.
For GAIL, petrochemicals were part of its master plan for vertical integration and utilization of every fraction of natural gas - GAIL uses natural gas as the feedstock for the manufacture of HDPE/LLDPE. Instead of setting up its plant in western India (Maharashtra and Gujarat) as was traditionally the case, we opted to base it in northern India, looking at the large consumer base and demand for plastics. In doing so, we were able to provide impetus to the regional petrochemical downstream units to expand their production capacity in view of the proximity of source of raw material.
Today, more than one-fifth of the polymers (HDPE, LLDPE) consumed in India are produced and marketed by GAIL. GAIL's polymer products are environment-friendly and fully recyclable. We have established North India's only gas based integrated petrochemical complex in Pata, District Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, about 350 km from Delhi. This ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certified facility has a capacity of 3,00,000 TPA of Ethylene and 3,10,000 TPA of Polymers (HDPE & LLDPE). Capacity expansion to 4,40,000 TPA (Ethylene) is under way. An additional HDPE plant with 1,00,000 TPA capacity is being set up, with technology from Mitsui, Japan. Our polymer products include wide range of HDPE grades from plant of 100 KTA capacity based on technology from Mitsui, Japan, and wide range of HDPE and LLDPE grades from its swing plant of 210 KTA capacity based on technology from NOVA chemicals, Canada.
The following projects are also in the pipeline:
- A Rs 5,640 crore, 2,80,000 TPA Petrochemical Complex in Assam
- The following project is in the pipeline.
GAIL has signed a Production Development Agreement with the National Petrochemicals Company, Iran, for jointly (50:50) developing a polyolefin plant with a capacity of 1 MMTPA ethylene, entailing an investment of US$ 1.5 billion.
GAIL markets its LLDPE and HDPE under the brand names G-lene and G-lex.
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GAIL's PERFORMANCE
PE-Petrochemicals (HDPE/LLDPE) |
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99-00 |
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00-01 |
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01-02 |
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02-03 |
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03-04 |
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04-05 |
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05-06 |
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| PRODUCTION |
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118 |
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196 |
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250 |
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212 |
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263 |
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299 |
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311 |
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| SALES |
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110 |
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183 |
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251 |
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289 |
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265 |
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319 |
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311 |
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