Wednesday 3 August 2016

Detailed feasibility study underway for setting up of Mega Oil Refinery on west coast of Maharashtra

The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that Oil PSUs namely Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have announced the plan to jointly set up an integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex with a refining capacity of 60 MMTPA (million metric tonnes per annum) in 2 phases in Maharashtra. Engineers India Limited (EIL) is carrying out detailed feasibility study. 

Oil PSUs and EIL are in the process of site selection for the refinery in consultation with Govt. of Maharashtra. Setting of operationalisation targets depend on land availability, environment clearance etc. 


Courtesy: pib.nic.in

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