The Rs 5460 crore Assam Gas Cracker Project, proposed as a part of the Assam Accord and now being implemented by GAIL (India) Limited led Joint Venture Company (JVC) will have its Head Office located in the State of Assam, either at Guwahati or Dispur.
The equity participation in the project will be governed by decision taken by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) of the Government of India that had earlier approved the implementation of the Assam Gas Cracker Project to set-up an integrated Petrochemical Complex at Lepetkata, District Dibrugarh by a JVC led by GAIL. The petrochemical complex will comprise of a cracker unit, downstream polymer and integrated off-site/utilities plants. The complex has been configured with a capacity of 220,000 tpa Ethylene and 60,000 tpa propylene with Natural Gas and Naphtha as feed stock. The feedstock for the Petrochemical Complex will comprise of 6.0 MMSCMD gas from Oil India Limited (OIL) Duliajan and 1.35 MMSCMD gas from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGCL) upto March 31, 2012 and 1.00 MMSCMD thereafter. 160,000 tpa of petrochemical grade naphtha from Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) will also be utilised. Capacity also includes 220,000 tpa of HDPE/LLDPE, 60000 tpa of Polypropylene, 55,000 tpa of Raw Pyrolysis Gasoline and 12,500 tpa of Fuel oil.
10-Jul-06 
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