August 14, 2026: GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) and Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly establish a gas-based fertilizer project in the state of Maharashtra through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

The proposed urea production facility, with a planned capacity of 1.27 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA), is envisaged to be established in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra along GAIL's Mumbai–Nagpur–Jharsuguda Natural Gas Pipeline (MNJPL). To facilitate the implementation of the project, GAIL has entered a strategic partnership with RCF, with both organizations working collaboratively to take the project from conceptualization to successful implementation.

The MoU was signed by Sanjay Agarwal, ED (BD & Start-up) of GAIL and Ms. Jyoti Patil, Executive Director (Project, Corporate & Co-ordination) of RCF, in the august presence of Deepak Gupta, CMD, GAIL and S. Shivakumar, CMD, RCF.

(Source: Alchempro)