IndianOil to commission Styrene Butadiene rubber plant by Aug’
New Delhi   16-Mar-2013

The Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Panabaaka Lakshmi informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday that IndianOi is setting up a Styene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) manufacturing plant at Panipat through its Joint Venture Company by the name of Indian Synthetic Rubber Limited.

The equity investment made by IndianOil as on March 11, 2013 is Rs 175.78 crore. She also informed that the estimated annual production of SBR will be 1, 20,000 tonnes.

The job opportunities expected to be created are 250 employees approximately. 'It is expected to be commissioned in August, 2013', the Minister added.