Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited- Efficiency project (IFC-44761)

Countries
  • Nigeria
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Port Harcourt
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Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
May 10, 2021
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
INDORAMA ELEME PETROCHEMICALS LIMITED
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Sectors
  • Industry and Trade
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Loan Amount (USD)
$ 9.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 64.00 million
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Dec 11, 2025

Disclosed by Bank Mar 19, 2021

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Project Description
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Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited (IEPL) is an integrated petrochemical company with a liquids cracker and downstream polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) production, located in Port Harcourt Nigeria. The proposed investment is a concessional senior loan from IFC as implementing entity of the IDA PSW Blended Finance Facility (BFF) to IEPL, to finance the debottlenecking (DBN) of its olefins and polyolefins plant, including installation of a new furnace that will expand production capacity, and two Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) to recover energy and improve steam reliability, with significant efficiency upgrades that will reduce gas consumption, increase energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions, at the existing Eleme Petrochemicals site in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria.

Investment Description
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Private Actor Relationship
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IEPL was a 100% subsidiary of Nigerian Government owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) with the name Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited (EPCL). When the erstwhile EPCL was privatized, under the Privatization Program, the Indorama Corporation emerged as the core investor and acquired the Unit in August 2006.

Private Actors Description
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Indorama Eleme Petrochemical Limited (IEPL), located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, a Group Company of Indorama Corporation, is a Poly-Olefins producer of a range of Polyethylene and Polypropylene products. 

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INDORAMA CORPORATION PTE. LTD. Parent Company - owns Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited Client -

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Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Limited
Rahul Moondra
Deputy General Manager
+234 805 834 0482

 

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