The Polymer plants of OPaL has 2X360 KTPA of LLDPE/HDPE Swing unit, 1X340 KTPA of Dedicated HDPE and 1x340 KTPA of PP. The project has commenced its production after the inauguration by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in March 2017.

Major polymers produced by OPAL

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) – Opal produced and marketed its HDPE under the brand name of OPALENE HDPE which having density in the range of 0.95 to 0.965 g/cm3.

Linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) – Opal’s LLDPE having density range of 0.915 to 0.925, marketed under the brand name of OPALENE LLDPE. OPALENE LLDPE grades are having food contact declaration & ROHS declaration.

Polypropylene (PP) – OPAL is one of the major producer for PP in india and marketed under the brand name of OPALENE PP. Opalene PP is available in all three kind of general PP: homo polymer, Randon copolymer and black copolymer.

OPAL main chemical products are benzene, butadiene, CBFS and pygas. These chemicals are produced at various stage of steam cracking / high temperature cracking of liquid petroleum feedstock, naphtha and gas oils.

Benzene

Benzene, an organic chemical is a color less and flammable liquid with a sweet smell. The main sources of benzene are -- the steam cracking or catalytic reforming of liquid petroleum feedstock, and primarily naphtha, where benzene is recovered from the aromatics stream.

Benzene is mostly used as an additive to other chemicals. It is used to make styrene, which in turn is used to make plastics and polymers. Styrene is used in the manufacture of polystyrene and other styrenic products such as SBR latex and ABS. Cumene, for phenol production, and cyclohexane applications are the other significant end-uses of benzene.

Butadiene

Butadiene is used in the production of various types of polymer resins, synthetic rubbers, and chemical intermediates. Butadiene is found as a by-product in the steam cracking of naphtha and gas oil to make ethylene and propylene. It is extracted from the C4 cracker stream using extractive distillation.

Butadiene is mainly used in polymers and elastomers such as ABS, SBR and SB latex, and polybutadiene rubber.

CBFS

Carbon Black Feedstock is a mixture of C12 and higher components rich in naphthalene, methyl-indene, anthracene, fluorine and other poly-aromatic components. It originates from the high temperature cracking of petroleum fractions.

CBFS is used to produce Carbon Black, which is used in tyres and road paving, tyre reinforcements, black pigments (e.g. for road markings) and conductors. The stream also contains piperylene, which is used to produce copolymerization elastomers, petroleum resins, curing agents, pesticides, and perfumes.

Pygas

Pyrolysis gasoline. Pygas is a naphtha-range product with a high aromatics content used either for gasoline blending or as a feedstock for a BTX extraction unit. Pyrolysis gasoline is produced in an ethylene plant that processes naphtha, butane or gasoil.