Barmer Refinery
  Location of Balotra Refinery | |
| Country | India |
|---|---|
| State | Rajasthan |
| City | Barmer, (now Balotra district) of Rajasthan |
| Coordinates | 25°56′37″N 72°12′13″E / 25.94364°N 72.203672°E |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited |
| Owner(s) |
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| Commissioned | 2024 (expected)[1] |
| Capacity | 9×106 tonne/annum (refining) 2×106 tonne/annum (petrochemicals) |
| Website | www |
Balotra Refinery is an upcoming public sector refinery and petrochemical complex in the Pachpadra (now Balotra district) of Rajasthan, India.[2] It is owned by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL), a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and the Government of Rajasthan. This refinery will be connected with Jamnagar Refinery and Bathinda Refinery through Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway.[3]
Developments
[edit]The government will set up petrochemicals hub near the refinery.[4] High level infrastructure for petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals has begun to develop near the refinery. An area of 100 sq km has been identified near the refinery to build processing unit and large industries have started.[5]
Construction and capacity
[edit]The foundation stones of the project were laid on 18 September 2013 by then Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The projects kick-started only after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the works on 16 January 2018 and was planned to be completed by Jan 2024.[6]
The project has planned capacity of 9 million tonne per year of refining capacity and 2 million tonne per year of petrochemical complex capacity. It will be spread across 4,400.4 acres (1,780.8 ha) of land.[6]
The facility will have 29 process units, such as a 9 MMTPA crude distillation unit, 4.8 MMTPA vacuum distillation unit, 1.8 MMTPA naphtha hydrotreater unit, a diesel hydrotreater unit at 4.1 MMTPA, a delayed coker unit with capacity 2.4 MMTPA, vacuum gas oil hydrotreater with a capacity of 3.5 MMTPA and a fluidised catalytic cracking unit of 2.9 MMTPA. Engineers India Limited (EIL) is involved in the Rajasthan Refinery Project's Mechanical Completion of the Compressed Air & Cryogenic Nitrogen Plant, Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) and Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU) site in Barmer, India. EIL, along with HPCL and Tata Projects Limited, has achieved milestones in the project, including casting the raft for the TS - 5 and the footing of 3400 M3. EIL has also successfully erected the VGO HDT Reactor.[7] Other units include an Isomerisation unit, a dual-feed cracker unit, an ethylene recovery unit, two polyethylene units and two polypropylene units. The polypropylene units will use Lummus' Novolen process reactors and Novolen high performance catalyst.[8]
Contractors who were selected for various units were:
- Petro Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit - L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering[9]
- Dual Feed Cracker Unit - L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering[9]
- Crude and Vacuum distillation unit (CDU-VDU) - Tata Projects[10]
- Delayed coker unit with unsaturated LPG treating unit - Tata Projects[10]
- Vacuum gas oil hydrotreating unit - Tata Projects[10]
Financing and outcomes
[edit]Barmer Refinery is owned by a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (owning 74% stakes) and the Government of Rajasthan (owning 26% stakes). In January 2019, the project was announced to be worth ₹43,129 crore (US$5.2 billion). Around 66% of the finances (worth ₹28,753 crore (US$3.4 billion)) would be arranged through loan from joint consortium of lenders; State Bank of India being prime lender with over 50% contribution.[6] However, in 2023, the estimated investment had nearly doubled and increased to ₹72,000 crore (US$8.6 billion).[11]
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited managing director M. K. Surana said the project would employ 40,000 people directly and 60,000 people indirectly.[12] More employment will be given to local people.[4]
Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation will invest ₹1 lakh core in Barmar Refinery.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Project will be fully functional by 2024, says Petroleum minister". Economic Times. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Gehlot reviews ongoing work at Barmer refinery". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Construction of Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway to start soon".
- ^ a b "Refinery project to be completed by 2022: CM". The Times of India. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "रिफायनरी के 250 वर्गकिमी. में अब होगा पेट्रोलियम, रसायन और पेट्रोकेमिकल्स Investment Area!". Patrika News (in Hindi). 17 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "HPCL's Barmer refinery achieves financial closure". Economic Times. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "EIL along with HPCL & Tata Projects achieved milestone".
- ^ "Barmer Refinery and Petrochemical Complex, Rajasthan, India". Archived from the original on 17 June 2021.
- ^ a b "L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering bags over Rs 7,000 crore order from HPCL Rajasthan Refinery". Live Mint. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Tata Projects bags Rs 6,000-crore orders in oil, gas refinery sector". Economic Times. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ Chakraborty, Subhayan (20 February 2023). "Centre steps in to speed up Barmer refinery and petrochem hub work". Business Standard. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Barmer oil refinery back on track". The Hindu. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "RIICO Taking Effective Measure to Lure Investments post-COVID: Ashutosh Pednekar". eGov Magazine. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.