HMEL is a joint venture between the state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investment. HMEL is setting up the Guru Gobind Singh Polymer Addition Plant at Bhatinda Refinery, its petrochemical complex in Punjab.

The work on the project is underway and HMEL is planning to build the petrochemical plant before its scheduled completion date in 2021. Land for the unit was acquired in 2017 and in the same year, CB&I bagged the contract to provide the basic engineering for the ethylene plant, which will produce 1,200 Ktpa per annum.

The new dual-feed ethylene plant will include a steam cracker, refinery off-gas treatment unit, C4 hydrogenation unit, pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation unit, benzene extraction unit, and a high-density polyethylene unit producing 450 kilotonnes per annum.

The petrochemical complex is being built at a cost of Rs 19,635 crore and is expected to provide direct employment to 600 people.