Barmer Refinery

Barmer Refinery is an upcoming public sector refinery and petrochemical complex in the Pachpadra near Balotra in Barmer district of Rajasthan, India.[1] 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.[2]

Barmer Refinery
Location of Barmer Refinery
CountryIndia
StateRajasthan
CityBarmer
Coordinates25.94364°N 72.203672°E / 25.94364; 72.203672
Refinery details
OperatorHPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited
Owner(s)74% Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and 26% Government of Rajasthan
Capacity9×106 tonne/annum (refining)
2×106 tonne/annum (petrochemicals)

Developments

The government will set up petrochemicals hub near the refinery.[3] 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.[4]

Construction and capacity

The foundation stones of the project were laid on 22 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. The project is planned to be completed by 2022-23.[5]

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 4400.40 acres of land.[5]

The 50 percentage work of refinery had completed.[3]

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. 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.[6]

Financing and outcomes

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$5.7 billion). Around 66% of the finances (worth ₹28,753 crore (US$3.8 billion)) would be arranged through loan from joint consortium of lenders; State Bank of India being prime lender with over 50% contribution.[5]

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited managing director M. K. Surana said the project would employ 40,000 people directly and 60,000 people indirectly.[7] More employment will be given to local people.[3]

Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation will invest ₹1 lakh core in Barmar Refinery.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Gehlot reviews ongoing work at Barmer refinery". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Construction of Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway to start soon".
  3. "Refinery project to be completed by 2022: CM". The Times of India. November 5, 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  4. "रिफायनरी के 250 वर्गकिमी. में अब होगा पेट्रोलियम, रसायन और पेट्रोकेमिकल्स Investment Area!". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  5. "HPCL's Barmer refinery achieves financial closure". Economic Times. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  6. "Barmer Refinery and Petrochemical Complex, Rajasthan, India". Archived from the original on 2021-06-17.
  7. "Barmer oil refinery back on track". The Hindu. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  8. "RIICO Taking Effective Measure to Lure Investments post-COVID: Ashutosh Pednekar". eGov Magazine. 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
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