Gujarat Is Now Known as India’s “Petro Capital,” According to Officials.

With the world’s biggest grassroots oil refinery in Jamnagar and the OPaL petrochemical complex in Dahej, Bharuch district, Gujarat is now known as India’s “petro capital,” according to authorities.

According to them, Reliance Industries Ltd‘s (RIL) Jamnagar refinery is the world’s biggest and most complicated single-site refinery, with 1.4 million barrels per day (MMBPD) crude processing capacity.

The Jamnagar refinery complex, according to RIL’s official website, comprises some of the world’s biggest facilities, including the fluidized catalytic cracker, coker, alkylation, paraxylene, polypropylene, refinery off-gas cracker, and petcoke gasification plants.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has shed light on the state’s petrochemical sector’s influence.

“Industrial development is an important means of realizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision. The sustainable growth of the chemical and petrochemical sectors has surpassed all (other states),” Patel remarked at an event.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth Rs 3,000 crore was signed in 2019 at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) for a bio-refinery in the Dahej Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR), followed by a Rs 7,000 crore MoU in 2022 for chemical manufacturing in Dahej, officials said.

The 10th VGGS will be held in Gandhinagar from January 10 to 12, next year, with the theme “Gateway to the Future.”

UPL Limited Chairman and Group CEO Jai Shroff recently praised Gujarat’s progressive policies for the sector’s phenomenal success.

“Thanks to the Gujarat government’s assistance, major players in this sector have reached new heights in the global market. These businesses began as small-scale enterprises but developed to become important players. As a consequence of aggressive government measures, the state accounts for almost 75% of total dye and intermediates production in the nation,” stated Shroff.

With businesses like as Reliance, Shell, ONGC, and others already operating in Gujarat, analysts predict the state will one day be unrivaled in the chemicals and petrochemicals sectors.

According to its website, the Petroleum, Chemicals, and Petrochemicals Investment Region in Dahej in Gujarat’s Bharuch district is one of four PCPIRs designated by the Centre under the PCPIR Policy 2007.

The Gujarat PCPIR covers 452.98 square kilometers and is well-linked by road, rail, port, and air.

According to OPaL’s website, the ONGC Petro additions Limited (OPaL) plant at the PCPIR is one of South Asia’s single biggest petrochemical complexes, having the capacity to create 14 lakh tons of polymers and 5 lakh tons of chemicals.

While OPaL is the ‘Anchor Tenant’ of PCPIR, it also contains manufacturing and processing facilities for companies such as BASF, ONGC, RIL, Welspun, Pidilite, and GNFC.