Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer

Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) is implementing the prestigious Assam Gas Cracker project, the first ever Petrochemical project in entire North East India. The project came as a part of the historic Assam Accord signed on 15th August, 1985 with the motive of overall socio-economic development of the region. It was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 18th April, 2006. Subsequently a Joint Venture Company BCPL was incorporated on 08th January, 2007 as Central Public Sector Enterprise under the under the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Govt. of India. The project is expected to generate scope for substantial investments in setting up of downstream plastic processing industries, thereby will generate both direct as well as indirect employment. GAIL (India) Limited is the main promoter having 70% of equity participation and the rest 30% is equally shared by Oil India Ltd (OIL), Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Government of Assam. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Honourable Prime Minister of India laid the foundation stone of this project on 9th April, 2007. The mechanical completion of the project is expected by July 2013. The Complex is spread over 3000 Bighas of Land at Lepetkata, and situated at approximately 15 Kilometers away from the Tea City Dibrugarh. M/s Engineers India Limited is the Engineering and Project Management Consultant for the project. Gas Dehydration and Compressor facilities are established at Duliajan along with Gas Sweetening Unit and C2+ Recovery Section at Lakwa. The Feedstock for the project will be Natural Gas and Naphtha. OIL and ONGC will supply Natural Gas and Naphtha shall be supplied by NRL. The principal end products of the Complex will be High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Linear Low Density polyethylene (LLDPE) totaling 2, 20,000 Tonnes per Annum (TPA) and 60,000 TPA of Polypropylene (PP). The other products include Raw Pyrolysis Gasoline and Fuel oil. GAIL (India) Ltd., is the main promoter, under an equity arrangement of GAIL:70% , Oil India Ltd (OIL):10%, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL):10% and Assam Industrial Development Corporation (Government of Assam):10%. The project will produce 2.20 lakhs tonnes of ethylene. The principle end products will be Polypropylene (PP) 60,000 TPA and High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) /Linear Low Density polyethylene (LLDPE) totaling 220,000 TPA. This project is expected to give rise to a substantial employment generation both direct as well as indirect, and will attract substantial investments in setting up of downstream plastic processing industries.