[5][6][7] The required feedstock for these plants are natural gas, urea and carbon dioxide.
Natural gas, supplied by Oil India Ltd, is used as feedstock for methanol production.
[9] The company is among the top five producers of methanol in India; the other four being Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers and National Fertilizers Limited.
Eighteen such canisters of methanol were equivalent to one LPG cylinder which is used for domestic cooking in India.
The project was launched in support of NITI Aayog under their concept of "methanol economy" to reduce the cost of importing LPG.