HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited

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HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited
Company typePrivate
Industry Petroleum
Founded2007
Headquarters,
Area served
India
Products
  • Petroleum
  • High Speed Diesel
  • Aviation Turbine Fuel
  • LPG
  • Petrochemicals
Subsidiaries
Website www.hmel.in

HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) is an Indian integrated refining and petrochemical company, with operations spanning crude oil refining and petrochemical manufacturing. It is a public-private partnership between fortune 500 company, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investments Pte Limited (MEIL), a part of the Lakshmi N. Mittal Group. [2] [3] It is headquartered at Noida, Uttar Pradesh and operates the 11.3 MMTPA Guru Gobind Singh Refinery (GGSR) at Bathinda, Punjab. [4]

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History

HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) was formed in 2007 as a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investments Pte Limited (MEIL) Singapore, after approval of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. [5] [6]

HMEL's Guru Gobind Singh Refinery became operational in February, 2012 and on April 28, 2012, it was dedicated to the Nation by the Former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh. The Refinery produces Bharat Stage-VI compliant transportation fuels viz, Motor Spirit, High Speed Diesel, Aviation Turbine Fuel, LPG, etc. [7] [8]

HMEL's wholly owned subsidiary, HPCL-Mittal Pipelines Limited (HMPL), owns and operates a Single Point Mooring (SPM) for receipt of Crude Oil, Crude Oil Terminal (COT) for storage of Crude Oil and 1017 km cross country pipeline for transportation of the crude from Mundra, Gujarat to the refinery at Bathinda. [9] [10]

HMEL has expanded its operations into petrochemicals to produce Polypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE) with and investment of US$3 Billion at Bathinda. The Petrochemical facility includes a Dual Feed Cracker Unit of 1.2 Million MT/annum along with 1.2 MMTPA Polyethylene (PE) and 1.0 MMTPA Polypropylene (PP) Plants. [11]

In 2021, HMEL became the first Indian company to buy Guyanese crude Liza. [12]

In May 2022, HMEL partnered with Gail India for the supply 1 million standard cubic meters per day of gas to its Bathinda refinery in Punjab. [13]

In 2023, HMEL signed an MoU with NTPC Green Energy Ltd. to collaborate for renewable energy and generation of green hydrogen and green chemicals. [14] [15]

Products

Refinery Products

Petrochemicals

Biofuels

Corporate Social Responsibility

HMEL undertakes community development initiatives including women empowerment, healthcare, education, skill development, rural infrastructure development and environment protection. According to the data released by Government of Punjab, HMEL was ranked as the top CSR contributor in the state in FY20-21 and FY21-22. [16] [17]

HMEL has won the ‘Excellence in CSR Award 2021’ by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and ‘CSR Program of The Year’ Award 2017 By Petroleum Economist (PE Media Network) on November 21, 2017 at London among other notable awards. [18] [19]

Awards and recognitions

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