BCPL-Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited

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.