Essar Oil completes Optimization Project 4-months ahead of schedule

05 Jun 2012 Evaluate

Essar Oil, India’s second largest private refiner has completed its Optimization Project, four months ahead of the schedule, which has taken the capacity of its Vadinar Refinery in Gujarat to 20MMTPA, or 405,000 barrel per day.

The company on March 29, 2012, completed the refinery expansion project to raise its nameplate capacity to 18 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) from 10.5 (mmtpa) with an investment of Rs 9,100 crore.

For Optimization Project, the company has invested an additional Rs 1,700 crore, taking the total investment at Vadinar Refinery to approximately Rs 24,000 crore. The company now accounts for about 10% of India’s total refining capacity. The company has set up the refinery at a low capital cost of $12746 per barrel, which is about half the global average.

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