Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) plans to invest about Rs 13,000 crore to double the capacity of its Vizag oil refinery in Andhra Pradesh to 15 million tonne a year in 3-4 years time. The company has commissioned a detailed feasibility report (DFR) for putting up a 9 million tonne a year unit at our Vizag refinery. Vizag refinery currently has a capacity to process 8.3 million tonne per annum of crude oil. But after the new Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) is commissioned, an old 1.8 million tonne a year capacity plant will be dismantled, leaving only 6.5 million tonnes of refining capacity at the existing unit. Together with 9 million tonnes of new plant, the refinery will have over 15 million tonnes of capacity. The company is in the process of getting environmental and land clearance for the project.crackcrack
