Gujarat Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region
A high impact industrial area within 150 km distance on both side of the Dedicated Freight side of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), with an investment potential of US$90billion
Being laid down between Delhi and Mumbai, DFC is a new rail transportation system with high axel, multi modal and computerised features:
- 38% (564 km) of the 1500 km length of DFC will pass through Gujarat
- DMIC area to be developed as ‘Global Manufacturing & Trading Hub’ in two phases (6 nodes) – supported by world class infrastructure & enabling policy framework
- Expected to triple industrial output in five years
- The influence area covers
- 62% of total area of Gujarat (18 out of 26 districts within the influence area)
- Investment potential for Gujarat is about US$30bn (1/3rd of total investment potential in DMIC)
- Spread over 453 sq km of brownfield area in the Gulf of Khambhat, in Bharuch District in south Gujarat
- In close vicinity of other chemical estates and onsite chemical port terminal & LNG terminal
- ONGC Petro additions Ltd (OPaL), a JV company promoted by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) is the Anchor Tenant
- OPaL building a multi feed petrochemical cracker
- ONGC has set up C2/C3 extraction plant
- Dahej SEZ Limited, a joint venture company of ONGC and GIDC, has developed a multi-product SEZ in the PCPIR.
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