Visakhapatnam Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
- Website: http://www.hindustanpetroleum.com/
- Location: Vishakapatnam, (East Coast), India
- Capacity: 8.3 million tons/annum & 166,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A medium sized medium complexity refinery
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation Unit
- FCC
- DHDS - 1.8 Million TPA
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
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Products Produced
- LPG, Gasoline, Diesel
Ongoing Projects
- HPCL is planning to double the size of the refinery to 15 million tons
- See Visakhapatnam Refinery Expansion Project
Other Information
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History
- 1957 - Commissioned by Caltex Oil Refining (India)
- 1976 - Taken over by Government of India
- 1978 - Merged with HPCL
- 1985 - Expansion of Refinery from 1.5 to 5.6 Million TPA & Secondary Processing Facilities (FCC : 0.6 Million TPA)
- 1999 - The refinery's crude refining capacity increased to a further 7.5 MMTPA
- 2000 - 1.8 Million TPA DHDS Project
- 2005 - DHDS Revamp
- 2012 - Clean fuels project completed
Relevant Links
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) awards Toyo India PMC Services Contract for Diesel Hydrotreater Project at their Visakh Refinery
- Refineries Overview
- Clean Fuels Project at Visakh Refinery dedicated to the Nation
- Engineers India Refining References
- Punj Lloyd Refining References
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