The facility is scheduled to be dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 21.
Fire at Pachpadra Refinery: The Oil Ministry on Monday announced that the dedication of the Pachpadra Refinery in Rajasthan’s Balotra has been postponed following a fire incident that occurred around 2 pm in the refinery’s Crude Distillation Unit (CDU). It will be the country’s first greenfield integrated Refinery-cum-Petrochemical Complex.
The project has been developed as a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and the Government of Rajasthan. The greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex, with a capacity of 9 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA), has been set up at an investment exceeding Rs 79,450 crore.
The complex integrates refining and petrochemical operations, with a petrochemical capacity of 2.4 MMTPA. It features a high Nelson Complexity Index of 17.0 and petrochemical yields exceeding 26 per cent, in line with global standards of efficiency and sustainability.
