Pachpadra Refinery

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Barmer Refinery [1]
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Location of Barmer Refinery [2]
Country India
State Rajasthan
City Pachpadra, (now Balotra district) of Rajasthan
Coordinates 25°56′37″N72°12′13″E / 25.94364°N 72.203672°E / 25.94364; 72.203672
Refinery details
OperatorHPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited
Owner(s)
Commissioned2024 (2024) (expected) [3]
Capacity9×106  tonne/annum (refining)
2×106  tonne/annum (petrochemicals)
Website www.hrrl.in

Barmer Refinery [4] is an upcoming public sector refinery and petrochemical complex in the Pachpadra (now Balotra district) of Rajasthan, India. [5] It is owned by HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL), a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and the Government of Rajasthan. This refinery will be connected with Jamnagar Refinery and Bathinda Refinery through Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway. [6]

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Developments

The government will set up petrochemicals hub near the refinery. [7] High level infrastructure for petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals has begun to develop near the refinery. An area of 100 sq km has been identified near the refinery to build processing unit and large industries have started. [8]

Construction and capacity

The foundation stones of the project were laid on 18 September 2013 by then Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi. The projects kick-started only after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the works on 16 January 2018 and was planned to be completed by Jan 2024. [9]

The project has planned capacity of 9 million tonne per year of refining capacity and 2 million tonne per year of petrochemical complex capacity. It will be spread across 4,400.4 acres (1,780.8 ha) of land. [9]

The facility will have 29 process units, such as a 9 MMTPA crude distillation unit, 4.8 MMTPA vacuum distillation unit, 1.8 MMTPA naphtha hydrotreater unit, a diesel hydrotreater unit at 4.1 MMTPA, a delayed coker unit with capacity 2.4 MMTPA, vacuum gas oil hydrotreater with a capacity of 3.5 MMTPA and a fluidised catalytic cracking unit of 2.9 MMTPA. Engineers India Limited (EIL) is involved in the Rajasthan Refinery Project's Mechanical Completion of the Compressed Air & Cryogenic Nitrogen Plant, Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) and Vacuum Distillation Unit (VDU) site in Barmer, India. EIL, along with HPCL and Tata Projects Limited, has achieved milestones in the project, including casting the raft for the TS - 5 and the footing of 3400 M3. EIL has also successfully erected the VGO HDT Reactor. [10] Other units include an Isomerisation unit, a dual-feed cracker unit, an ethylene recovery unit, two polyethylene units and two polypropylene units. The polypropylene units will use Lummus' Novolen process reactors and Novolen high performance catalyst. [11]

Contractors who were selected for various units were:

Financing and outcomes

Balotra Refinery is owned by a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (owning 74% stakes) and the Government of Rajasthan (owning 26% stakes). In January 2019, the project was announced to be worth ₹43,129 crore (US$5.2 billion). Around 66% of the finances (worth ₹28,753 crore (US$3.4 billion)) would be arranged through loan from joint consortium of lenders; State Bank of India being prime lender with over 50% contribution. [9] However, in 2023, the estimated investment had nearly doubled and increased to ₹72,000 crore (US$8.6 billion). [14]

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited managing director M. K. Surana said the project would employ 40,000 people directly and 60,000 people indirectly. [15] More employment will be given to local people. [7]

Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation will invest ₹1 lakh core in Balotra Refinery. [16]

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