Chatterjee Group Seeks Indian State Oil Firms’ Partnership for $10 Billion Project

  • US firm in talks with ONGC, HPCL for oil-to-chemicals project
  • India ramping up petrochemical capacities as demand grows

Fuel pumps at a Hindustan Petroleum Corp. gas station in Mumbai, India

Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
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US-based private equity firm The Chatterjee Group is seeking to partner with Indian state-run companies for its oil-to-chemicals project in the nation, according to people familiar with the matter.

TCG is in talks with Oil & National Gas Corp. and its unit Hindustan Petroleum Corp. for the planned project estimated at more than $10 billion in the southern Indian city of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are private.