Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited's board of directors have approved a proposal for establishing  Polypropylene (PP) Unit, for production of 400 Kilo-Tonnes Per Annum Polypropylene at Kochi Refinery, at gross project cost of Rs. 5044 crore.

Considering the robust growth due to expanding market demand of the petrochemical segment in India and availability of Propylene feedstock provides BPCL Kochi Refinery (KR) opportunities for production of Polypropylene, which has wide applications in downstream industries such as Packaging Films, Sheet, Boxes, Containers, Bags, Home Ware, Home Care, Personal Care and articles of day-to-day usage.

The funds will be deployed in Debt-Equity ratio of 65:35.

The decision to advance installation of the polypropylene production unit follows BPCL’s undertaking of the proposed project’s environmental impact assessment in March 2023, according to the company’s 2022-23 annual report to investors.