{"id":1995,"date":"2009-03-12T15:54:57","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T19:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2009-03-12T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T19:54:57","slug":"two-coal-to-oil-projects-costing-6-8-billion-each-to-come-up-in-orissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/archives\/1995","title":{"rendered":"Two coal-to-oil projects, costing $6-8 billion each, to come up in Orissa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The government has awarded the country’s first two coal-to-liquid-petroleum projects to the Tatas and Jindal Steel and Power.<\/p>\n

Both the projects, estimated to cost $6-8 billion each, will come up in Orissa.<\/p>\n

The Union coal ministry has allotted the Ramchandi block to Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) and the north Arkhapal block to Strategic Energy Technology Systems Ltd, a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Sons and Sasol of South Africa.<\/p>\n

…Jindal Steel will use the technology of Germany’s Lurgi, while the Tatas will depend on Sasol’s expertise.<\/p>\n

In each project, annual production is estimated at four million tonnes based on the daily production of 80,000 barrels<\/u>.<\/p>\n

The process involves the gassification of coal to produce synthetic gas, which is then converted to crude through different technologies.<\/p>\n

Given the quality of Indian coal, crude from this process will cost $55-60 a barrel, about 50 per cent more than the current price of $40 a barrel.<\/p>\n

However, the project will take at least six years to take off, and crude prices are likely to rule higher than the current levels.<\/p>\n

“When a project of this magnitude is being conceived for 25-30 years, one does not only look at current economics,” a JSPL official said.<\/p>\n

The process also involves the washing of coal, and the waste thus produced will be used to produce power. JSPL said the project would help it generate 1,350MW of power.<\/p>\n

The crude oil produced from coal is expected to be low on sulphur. The bulk of the fuel will be diesel, which is consumed 5 times more in India than petrol.<\/p>\n

JSPL’s proposed unit will be located at Kishore Nagar in Angul district<\/u> of Orissa. The site has been selected keeping in mind the availability of water and rail and road connectivity.<\/p>\n

…  JSPL is also building a 6mt steel plant at Angul. Tata Steel, too, plans to set up a unit in Orissa. JSPL said it had already placed the order for two coal gassifier units for the upcoming steel plants at Angul and in Chattisgarh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Following is an excerpt from a report in Telegraph. The government has awarded the country’s first two coal-to-liquid-petroleum projects to the Tatas and Jindal Steel and Power. Both the projects, estimated to cost $6-8 billion each, will come up in Orissa. The Union coal ministry has allotted the Ramchandi block to Jindal Steel and Power […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,58,708,255,710,160,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-angul","category-anugul-talcher-saranga-nalconagar","category-coal-to-diesel","category-gas","category-jindal","category-tatas","category-industry-thermal-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orissalinks.com\/orissagrowth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}