Visakhapatnam Refinery Expansion Project

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Summary Information

  • Ownership: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
  • Website: http://www.hindustanpetroleum.com/
  • Wiki Page: Visakhapatnam Refinery
  • Location: Vishakapatnam, (East Coast), India
  • Capacity:
    • Before: 8.33 million tons/annum & 166,000 bbl/day
    • After: 15.0 million tons/annum & 300,000 bbl/day
  • Nelson Complexity:
  • Project Stage: Under construction
  • Expected Completion: 2020
  • Budget: R 20928 crores

The Project

  • Project Type: Upgrade and expansion
  • Project Summary: The objective of the project is to modernize and enhance the capacity of existing Visakh Refinery from present capacity of 8.33 MMTPA to 15 MMTPA at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Project comprises of new 9 MMTPA grassroots refining facility, revamp and capacity expansion of existing units, augmentation of Utilities systems, integrated effluent treatment system, Offsite facilities, Captive Power Plant and other associated facilities.
  • Main Contractors
    • EIL: PMC services
  • Licences
    • KBR: Residual Oil Solvent Extraction unit
    • Chevron Lummus Global: Delayed Coker

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Vacuum Distillation Unit
  • Delayed Coker
  • Residual Oil Solvent Extraction unit

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

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History

  • 2016 - Engineers India awarded PMC contract
  • 2021 - L&T delivered the reactors for the residue upgrading unit

Other Information

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Links

  1. Major Ongoing Projects
  2. Engineers India Refining References
  3. KBR's Proprietary ROSE® Technology Selected for Major Modernization Project at Refinery in India
  4. Chevron Lummus Global Announces Delayed Coking Award in India
  5. L&T Heavy Engineering Flags Off World’s Heaviest LC-Max Reactors Ahead of Schedule