Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to commission Dahej petrochem plant by June 2015.

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp's (ONGC) long-delayed mega petrochemical plant at Dahej in Gujarat will be commissioned by June next year but at 27 per cent higher cost of Rs. 27,122 crore.

ONGC had in 2006 set up ONGC Petro-additions Ltd. (OPaL) for building a mega petrochemical complex at Dahej in Gujarat. The plant was originally planned to come on stream by end 2012 but delays have led to two revisions in completion dates.

'Pre-commissioning activities have started at Dahej. The plant will be mechanically complete by April 2015 and commercial operations will start by June 2015,' ONGC Chairman and Managing Director Dinesh K Sarraf said here.

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