State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is reportedly planning to expand its refining capacity from the current 30.5 million tonnes (mt) to 47.5 mt in the next three-four years. In this regard, the company will invest Rs 32,500 crore. Of total, the company will spend Rs 10,000 crore on its Numaligarh refinery to expand its capacity from 3 mt to 9 mt.
Further, the company will expand capacity of its Mumbai refinery from 12 mt to 14 mt through change of its crude oil distillation unit. The company’s Kochi refinery will expand from 9.5 mt to 15.5 mt at a capex of Rs 15,000 crore by December 2015 while, the Bina refinery at Madhya Pradesh will expand from 6 mt to 9 mt by de-bottlenecking at Rs 2,500 crore by the same period.
