Petro-chemical complex would be set up in Andhra Pradesh with an investment of Rs 35,000 crore during this financial year, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan addressing a public meeting at Vangali near after Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE).
- Though the UPA government mentioned a petro-chemical complex in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the NDA government took the decision to set up the complex in the region between Visakhapatnam and Kakinada.
- Capacity of HPCL-VR refinery in Visakhapatnam will be enhanced from 8.5 million tonnes to 15 million tonnes by December 2016 at an investment of Rs 21,000 crore, and there are also plans for pipeline supply of LPG in the state.
- Considering the huge gas resources in Krishna Godavari basin in AP, over Rs 60,000 core would be invested in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode in the KG basin for exploration and exploitation of oil and gas.
- IIPE would produce top experts in petroleum, oil and gas sectors within four years. The campus spread over 200 acres will be ready in three to four years.
- The institute is at present functioning from a temporary campus in Andhra University with a strength of 96 students.
DO YOU KNOW ?
- Dharmendra Pradhan is Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas.
- He represented the Deogarh constituency of Orissa.
- Educational Qualification : M.A.(Anthropology) ,Utkal University Bhubaneswar
