Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Aims To Start Revamped Mumbai Refinery By July

Hindustan Petroleum Corp.’s Mumbai refinery will begin full scale operation at the next capability of 190,000 barrels per day (bpd) by end-June or in July, its chairman M. K. Surana mentioned on Thursday. HPCL had totally shut the 150,000 bpd Mumbai refinery in western Maharashtra from April 1 for upkeep and capability growth, Surana mentioned at a press convention to announce March quarter earnings.

“One crude unit of three.5 million tonnes (70,000 bpd) is underneath commissioning and we’re revamping the second unit so as to add capability,” he mentioned. The state-run refiner goals so as to add 40,000 bpd capability to the second crude unit. He additionally mentioned the corporate is working its 166,000 bpd Vizag refinery in southern India at full capability.

HPCL is in technique of elevating the capability of the Vizag refinery to 300,000 bpd. Surana mentioned the growth might be accomplished on this fiscal 12 months to March 2022 whereas the residue upgradation facility on the Vizag plant can also be prone to be accomplished in 2022. As well as, HPCL is constructing a 180,000 bpd refinery and petrochemical plant in Rajasthan.