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India’s top oil explorer may set up refinery in Uttar Pradesh

Petroleum  -  Sep 05,2024  - 


Oil and Natural Gas Corp. is considering setting up a multibillion dollar refinery and petrochemical project in Uttar Pradesh.

The New Delhi-based company — India’s largest crude explorer — is looking at a
9-million-ton-a-year project in Uttar Pradesh that could cost more than 700 billion rupees ($8.3 billion), according to the four people familiar with the matter, who declined to be identified as the talks are not public. ONGC has held talks with Bharat Petroleum Corp, Ltd. to set up the unit in the city of Prayagraj as the state-owned refiner holds a parcel of land there, they said.

India’s is one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, with surging crude and petrochemicals consumption, even as renewable-energy capacity gets built out.

As it’s common in the country for big-ticket infrastructure and commercial projects to face delays given the slow process of land acquisition, the potential access to BPCL’s holdings may prove to be an advantage.


 

Company : Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC)

Bharat Petroleum Corp.

Ltd. (BPCL)