Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited is a polyolefin producer based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Established in 1988, Eleme was a 100 per cent subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Indorama Group was declared core investor by the National Council of Privatisation in 2005. The privatisation process of EPCL began in May 2005 and was completed in May 2006.

The Eleme Petrochemicals complex is located in Eleme town near the Nigerian city of Port Harcourt in Rivers State. It was built in 1995 by a consortium comprising of Chiyoda, JGC, and Kobe Steel, of Japan, Technimont of Italy, and Spie Batignolles of France. The complex comprises of an olefins unit, a polyolefins unit, a captive power plant and other supporting units.

EPCL is strategically positioned to feed the growing demand of plastics in Africa. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, the complex consists of a gas feed cracker unit and two main downstream plants. The total production is over 550 KTA of world-class olefins and polyolefins.

Eleme Petrochemicals is poised to be become one of the leading suppliers of polyolefins on the African continent. The company strives to ensure total customer satisfaction and consistently produce high quality products. The company focuses on providing world-class products at competitive prices and customised grades to suit the customer's specific requirements.

The Eleme Complex is designed to produce 240,000 metric tons per year of polyethylene, and 95,000 metric tons per year of polypropylene. To produce these resins, natural gas liquids are cracked in a M.W. Kellogg (USA) licensed olefins plant.

The polyethylene plant is a Sclairtech process licensed by Nova Chemicals and the propylene plant is Spheripol process of Basell. Additionally 22,000 metric tons of Butene-1 can be produced in the complex. Butene-1 is used as co-monomer in the production of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE).

The first Turnaround Maintenance (TAM) was performed from 17 May 2006 until the end of September 2006. After the completion of all planned activities, the plants were operational on 15 September 2006. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria re-commissioned the new privatised and revitalised EPCL on 12 October 2006.

The plant is situated on 400 hectares of land and potential expansion capabilities are well catered to in the layout design. Indorama is planning to make this complex the petrochemical hub of Africa by bringing it up to its full design capacity, and then undertaking expansion plans.