Tatas talk with Odisha CM about $10 billion coal-to-liquid project
Coal to diesel, Tatas January 19th. 2010, 1:18amFollowing is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph.
Tata Group today proposed to set up a coal-to-liquid plant in Orissa with an investment of $10 billion in joint venture with South African company, Sasol.
… “We had preliminary discussions with the chief minister about the Tata-Sasol project for converting coal into liquid,” Muthuraman said later.
The proposed project would be a large one with an investment of $10 billion, he said, adding that its exact location had not been identified yet.
The proposed plant will generate 1,600MW of power besides producing diesel, naptha and LPG. The byproducts will be tar, phenol, sulphur, ammonium, fertiliser and mining explosives.
According to sources, the proposed plant will have a capacity of 80,000 barrels per day which comes to around 3.6 million tonnes per annum.
The plant, which is scheduled to be commissioned in 2018, will require 28 to 31 million tonnes of coal per annum.
It will need 3,000 acres of land for the proposed plant and 24 million gallons water per day.
January 19th, 2010 at 6:22 am
it is a nice investment proposal.but what is the future of mega projects which r Govt. of odisha signed MOU.i think some year before JINDAL POWER also gave aproposal withajoint venture with LURGI.The major hurdle are land acquistion and water supply.If the proposed plants are to be set up in Talcher-Angul industrial region the Brahmani river will be dry up.so Govt.shoud tae steps cautiosly.
January 19th, 2010 at 8:35 am
I believe if this plant comes somewhere around Rourkela or near Talcher then the talcher-Bimlagarh line will be completed asap.