Aban Infrastructure Ltd.

Aban Infrastructure Private Limited belongs to the Chennai head-quartered ABAN Group of companies, which owns and operates several drilling rigs, drill ships and floating production facility. The “Biotechnology Division” of Aban Infrastructure Private Limited was established in December 2010 and is currently developing technologies for the production of biofuels from microbes such as algae grown in freshwater, wastewaters (municipal and industrial) and sea water.

Aban’s advanced algae biofuel research facility houses a state-of-the-art laboratory, culture room for germplasm collections, 1000 m2 open pond area for algae cultivation, carbonation system for algal ponds, harvesting and dewatering plant and a custom-made reactor to convert algal biomass and other carbonaceous feedstock into biocrude.