RPL selects Dow technology for polypropylene

NEW DELHI: Reliance Petroleum Ltd, a unit of Reliance Industries building a refinery and petrochemical complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat, has selected Dow Chemical's technology for production of polypropylene.

RPL has selected the UNIPOL-PP Process for its 900,000 tons per annum polypropylene production unit at the special economic zone adjacent to RIL's existing Jamnagar complex.

"Startup is scheduled in December 2008," Dow Global Technologies Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Down Chemical Co, said in a press release here.

RIL, Asia's largest producer of polypropylene, currently operates four UNIPOL PP Process lines at its Jamnagar complex and two UNIPOL PP Process lines at its Hazira complex.

"The new facility will produce a full range of homopolymers to supply the growing markets in Asia," it said.

Licensees of the UNIPOL PP Process operate more than 35 production lines around the world, accounting for more than 5.5 million tons of global polypropylene production.