Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi for development of Petroleum, Chemicals and
Petrochemicals Region (PCPIR) at Paradip.
In his letter, the Chief Minister said, “An integrated Naphtha Cracker
unit needs to be set up urgently if the objectives of setting up the
PCPIR is to be realized. The Naphtha Cracker unit would provide
the possibility of maximizing production of Ethylene, Propylene, Butadiene
and Aromatic cuts. These will work as feedstock for a variety of
industries that could serve the increasing demand of petrochemical
products in the country across sectors such as Textiles, Polymers,
Pharmaceuticals, Speciality Chemicals, etc.”
“In the meeting held on January 30, 2014 under the chairmanship of
Union Minister, Petroleum and Natural Gas, the establishment of a
Naphtha Cracker unit was planned and IOCL and advised to evolve a time
bound plan for producing power from gas instead of naphtha.
Subsequently, vide D.O. letter No. 2807 dated 2nd May, 2015, Chief
Secretary, Odisha requested Cabinet Secretary to intervene in the
matter to impress upon IOCL to establish a Naphtha Cracker unit. In
view of the above, it is requested that IOCL may be asked to take up
development of Naphtha Cracker and downstream units on priority. It is
also important that development of common infrastructure and utilities
at the PCPIR is taken up concurrently and necessary financial support
from the Government of India is extended”, Naveen added.
