Visakhapatnam Refinery

Visakhapatnam (Visakh) Refinery is one of the two oil refineries of HPCL in India, the other being Mumbai Refinery. A brief history of Visakh Refinery is below.

In 1957, Visakh Refinery went on stream under the ownership of M/s Caltex India Ltd. In May, 1978, M/s Caltex Oil Refinery (India) was amalgamated with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. The installed capacity of 1.5 MMTPA was increased to 4.5 MMTPA in 1985 and 7.5 MMTPA in 1999, through an expansion programme.

VRCFP (Visakh Refinery Clean Fuels Project)

This project is being implemented by the Projects Department at Visakh Refinery. This project is essentially to produce fuels for environment improvement at an estimated cost of Rs 1635.18 Crores with an FE component of Rs 252.49 Crores.

The project was approved by the Board on 30 April 2003. M/s EIL is the consultant for the project. Process licensors include M/s UOP, M/s Axens and M/s Belco. A dedicated team of professionals from HPCL is executing the project.

The refinery is situated at Gajuwaka in Visakhapatnam

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