Petrochemicals are chemicals that are made out of natural gas and crude oil. The present petrochemical industry in India is an indispensable portion of the manufacturing and consuming industry, which produces products like textiles, fertilizers, dyes, detergents, rubber and plastic. Some of the fundamental petrochemicals include butadiene, propylene and ethylene together called as olefins, xylenes, toluene and benzene together called as aromatics and methanol. Aromatics and Olefins acts as building blocks for a number of materials like adhesives, detergents and solvents.

The petrochemical industry in India is one of the fastest growing sectors that includes both large and small scale enterprises and the names of some of the top players in this sector are given below:

Top eight petrochemical companies:

• Reliance Industries Limited

• Haldia Petrochemicals Limited

• Indian Oil Corporation

• Gas Authority of India Limited

• National Organic Chemical Industry Limited

• Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemical Limited

• Manali Petrochemical Limited

• IG Petrochemicals Limited

To know more about these top players in the petrochemicals industry, read on the content given below:

Reliance Industries Limited:

Reliance Industries Limited has made its mark in several sectors in India and they have made their mark in the petrochemical industry as well. They have earned very good name in the production of petrochemical products like natural gas exploration and production to crude oil and different other petrochemical products.

Haldia Petrochemicals Limited:

Haldia Petrochemicals Limited is situated at around 125 kms from the city of Kolata at a place called Haldia in West Bengal and their factory is modern-naphtha based petrochemical complex. They are engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and polymers in the petrochemical industry.

Indian Oil Corporation:

Indian Oil Corporation is a popular name in the LPG gas and they have made their mark in the petrochemical field as well. The company is focusing on the objective of increasing its presence in the domestic petrochemical sector in addition to overseas markets through proper expansion of innovative supply logistics and customer base.

Gas Authority of India Limited:

Gas Authority of India Limited, shortly called as GAIL came into existence in the year 1984 and they are the dealing with wide range of products like lubricant, fuel, natural gas and of course petrochemicals. The northern only petrochemical plant located at Pata belongs to GAIL and this plant was set up in the year 1999 for production of petrochemical products.

National Organic Chemical Industry Limited:

Shortly called as NOCIL, this company began its journey in the year 1968 and it is group company of Arvind Mafatlal Group. They have manufacturing units for production of plastic products, rubber chemicals and petrochemicals. They established their petrochemical plant at Thane in the year 1993 and they are producing the best quality petrochemical products.

Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemical Limited:

Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemical Limited is a public sector company that came into existence in the year 1974 on the 20th of February. The company is fully owned by the Government of India. They have two petrochemical plants commissioned during 1985 and 1988 with a capacity of 45000 MTPA and 30000 MTPA respectively.

Manali Petrochemical Limited:

Manali Petrochemical Limited shortly called as MPL is a leader the marketing and production of petrochemical products like Polyols, Propylene Glycols and Propylene Oxide. They are operating from the city of Manali in Chennai and they have two manufacturing plants in Manali for manufacture of polypols, propylene glycol and propylene oxide.

IG Petrochemicals Limited:

IG Petrochemicals Limited is a leader in the production of Phythalic Anhydride, which is a petrochemical product and this product has been recognized by national and international companies. This petrochemical manufactured by IG Petrochemcials is consumed by different industries like marine, transportation, construction, paints, etc…

These companies contribute their great share towards the development of petrochemical industry.