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sustain the industrial and economic
growth.

At present, ethylene and propy-
lene are produced from naphtha and
natural gas in India. The country is
heavily dependent on import of crude
oil and natural gas, with heavy out-
fl ow of foreign exchange and with
fl uctuating prices.

By 2029-30, India is expected to
need additional capacity of 10.603-mtpa
for ethylene and 9.916-mtpa for
propylene.

Fig. 4: Ethylene tree Methanol to dimethyl ether (DME)
DME, which is produced in large
scale from methanol, can be used as a
fuel for domestic use as well as com-
mercial and industrial use, substituting
LPG. Such use of such methanol for
production of DME would result in
lesser import dependence on crude oil
and natural gas from which LPG is
produced.

Prognosis
There is compelling need for India
to ensure availability of methanol at
globally competitive price and use such
methanol for production of deriva-
Fig. 5: Propylene tree tives including ethylene, propylene
for India are the olefi ns, ethylene and Due to hazardous nature of the and DME.
propylene. Both are in short supply in products and transportation issues
India and there is steady increase in involved, large scale import of Methanol can help Indian chemical
demand. Due to short supply, several propylene and ethylene is diffi- and allied industries make a big leap
investment opportunities for down- cult. Therefore, there is compelling forward and aid overall industrial and
stream products are being lost. need to produce them in India to economic growth.

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