BPCL's first Butyl Acrylate consignment flagged off at Kochi Refinery
PCL Kochi Refinery has become the first Indian Refinery to produce five derivatives of propylene in world scale economic size capacity for the first time in the country.
Kochi: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), the second-largest Indian Oil Marketing Company, a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company, dispatched the first consignment of Butyl Acrylate from its Propylene Derivative Petrochemical (PDP) complex at Kochi Refinery today, 18 October 2021.
The first product consignment was flagged off by Shri Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta, Director (Finance), in the presence of Shri P V Ravitej, Executive Director (Refineries) I/c, Shri S Jena, Executive Director (Industrial & Commercial), and Shri Sanjay Khanna, Executive Director (Kochi Refinery).
Butyl Acrylate finds application in paints, coatings, plastic sheets, textiles, adhesives and sealants. To mark the inaugural dispatch and sale, Shri Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta handed over the first sale document and the certificate of quality to Shri Harish Lade, Vice President (Supply Chain), Asian Paints before flagging off the first product tanker.
On the inaugural day, consignments were also made to M/s Rossari Biotech Ltd, Bharuch, Chiripal Industries Ltd, Ahmedabad, Nikhil Adhesives Ltd, Bharuch, Visen Industries Ltd, Silvasa and Jesons Industries Ltd, Tiruvallur.
With the launch of Butyl Acrylate, BPCL Kochi Refinery has become the first Indian Refinery to produce five derivatives of propylene in world scale economic size capacity for the first time in the country. Bharat Petroleum is also the first to produce Butyl Acrylate, which was hitherto imported. These Niche Petrochemicals are being manufactured in the newly commissioned units of Bharat Petroleum’s Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Complex at Kochi Refinery. Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had dedicated the complex on February 14, 2021. The cost of setting up the complex was Rs 6,000 crore approximately.
“By producing these niche petrochemicals, BPCL is facilitating huge import substitution and the initiative would be of great help to many industrial sectors,” said Shri Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta.
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