Lower Olefins are a major intermediary raw material for the petrochemical industry.India is anticipated to be one of the major players in the global scenario.
Lower Olefins are by products of petroleum refining derived from cracking of the feedstock from basic materials like natural gas and crude oil. The major olefin products are ethane, propane, butane and the C4 derivatives. These chemical compounds are used to produce plastics, as chemical intermediates, and as industrial solvents.
India presently is one of the largest producers of
lower olefins to support its growing petrochemicals industry. The growth in theIndian Petrochemical Industry has anticipated thatIndia has the potential to expand its market globally and become one of major exporter of intermediary raw materials for the production of end use commodities.
Being an important intermediate base material the
lower olefins for the production of several end use products, the growth of this sector would depend heavily on the demand of the end use commodities. The demand and supply trends of the feedstock are a very important factor of pricing of the products.
The uses of
Lower Olefins:
- Plastic Industry
- Industrial Solvents Industry
- Industrial Cleaning Agents Industry
The
Lower Olefin Complexes are:
IPCL, Vadodara Naphtha Cracker
RIL, Hazira Naphtha/ NGL Dual Feed
IPCL, Gandhar Gas
OSWAL Agro, Mumbai
NOCIL, Mumbai
IPCL, Nagothane
GAIL, Auriya
Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd., Haldia
Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymers Ltd., is a proposed complex coming up as a joint venture of GAIL (India) Ltd and the Government of Assam
The major manufacturer and exporters of Lower Olefins inIndia:
- AB EnterprisesIndia
- Kanad Chemicals
- Triveni Chemicals
- Mahavir Pharma Industries
- Khatau Valabhdas & Co.
- Polygel Technologies (I) Ltd.
- Kutch Chemical Industries limited
- Anagha Datta Trade
- Venus Chemicals
- Kimiay Exir Chemical Ind Co
- D.K. Pharma chem Pvt Ltd
- Universal Aromatic
- Khodiyar Chemical Corporation
- Sigma Solvents Pvt. Ltd
- Egychem Co
- Sigma Solvents
- Kerox
- Ibis Chemie International
- Pure Solvi-Chem Industries
- Anjanee Chemical Industries
- Grace
- Purify Chemicel Ltd.
- El kanadeel Group
- Jaywant Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
- Venus Impex
- Indo Amines Ltd.
