05-Apr-17 Reliance Industries (RIL) has received environment clearance for expansion and debottlenecking of its Dahej petrochemical facility in Gujarat. The green nod to the proposed project, which will be carried out within the existing plant area of 700 hectare, is subject to some conditions, as per a government official. The estimated cost of the expansion project is Rs 13,250 crore. A budget of Rs 400 crore will be kept aside for environment protection and conservation.
The petrochem major plans expand its Dahej facility in view of erratic supply of feed stock, change in the government's policy to prioritise domestic supply over industrial sector, adequate supply of Shale gas ethane from the US, besides meeting demand-supply gap of petrochemicals in India. The RIL's proposal also include setting up of new plants including Chlorinated Poly Vinyl Chloride (CPVC), Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM), Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) and a dedicated Ethane storage tank.
