Chennai Refinery
Summary Information
- Ownership: Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) (IOC)
- Website: http://www.cpcl.co.in/
- List of Indian Oil Company Refineries
- Location: Manali, Chennai
- Capacity: 9.5 million tons/annum & 190.000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
Brief Description
- The Manali Refinery located at Chennai is a large, complex and integrated refinery
Refining Units
- CDU
- VDU
- Thermal Cracker
- Visbreaker
- Hydro-cracker
- FCC
- Lubes Unit
- Diesel Hydro Desulphurising unit
- Sour Water Stripper
- Amine Treater Unit
- Amine Recovery Unit
- Sulphur Recovery Unit
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- This refinery was designed to handle heavy crudes
Products Produced
- CPCL has developed the capacity to meet Bharat-II and Euro-III equivalent environmental standards
Ongoing Projects
- For full details see Chennai Refinery Project
- The refinery is in the process of adding residuum upgrading capability.
- The project involves a delayed coker unit (DCU), a once through hydrocracker revamp, a sulfur recovery unit, a green field coke yard facility, and utilities.
Other Information
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History
- 1969 - Refinery was commissioned by Snamprogetti with 53,000 bpd capacity
- 1984 - The refinery capacity was increased to 110,000 bpd and an FCC added
- 2004 - Visbreaker commissioned
Relevant Links
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