Bharat Petroleum to license W. R. Grace's UNIPOL PP process technology for new 400,000-tonne/year reactor unit in Kochi, India, and 550,000-tonne/year unit in Bina, India

BPCL expands its license arrangements with Grace, including supply of acclaimed and non-phthalate CONSISTA^® catalysts, to add 950 kilotons of capacity at the Kochi and Bina refineries.

Columbia, Md.W. R. Grace & Co. (Grace), the world’s leading independent supplier of polypropylene (PP) process technology and polyolefin catalyst technology, today announced that Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), the second largest Indian oil marketing company, has expanded its licenses for Grace’s UNIPOL^® PP process technology. BPCL will implement the technology using CONSISTA^® catalysts on a new 400 kilotons per annum (KTA) reactor unit in Kochi, Kerala, India and a 550 KTA reactor unit in Bina, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Thomas Deman, President, Specialty Catalysts, Supply Chain and Procurement, Grace, said: “These two new licenses are evidence of the value BPCL derives from working with Grace. Our process technology and catalysts will enable them to produce a wide range of high-quality polypropylene resins, and our expertise will help optimize their reactors to meet the growing demand taking place in India. Grace is proud to support BPCL.”

With more than 33 million tons of global licensed production capacity and more than 4,500 KTA in India, Grace is a leading global licensor of polypropylene process technology. Fully recyclable, the high-performance polypropylene resins produced using UNIPOL^® PP process technology are ubiquitous and can be found in automotive parts, packaging, and consumer goods.

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