India withdraws Divestment of Bharat Petroleum

The Government of India has decided to cancel all the activities in connection with the disinvestment of its stake in BPCL, including the data room are being discontinued, the company said in a stock exchange filing on Tuesday. The decision came after the government recently called off the present Expression of Interest (EOI) process for … Read more

BPCL Sets Up Superabsorbent Polymer Demonstration Plant at Kochi, India

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has set up a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) technology demonstration plant of 200 tonnes per annum at the Kochi Refinery. The plant was inaugurated by BPCL’s executive director in-charge (refineries) Sanjay Khanna, in the presence of other officials. Using the in-house acrylic acid as feedstock, SAP technology is used in various … Read more

India’s BPCL to Build Petrochemical Park in Kochi

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL – Kochi Refinery) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kerala industrial corporation as part of the establishment of a petrochemical park on 482 acres at Ambalamedu by 2024. The project aims to develop a cluster of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that use the propylene derivative by-products of … Read more

BPCL Ships First Consignment of Acrylic Acid from Kochi Refinery

India’s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Wednesday said it has dispatched the first consignment of acrylic acid from its Propylene Derivative Petrochemical (PDP) complex at Kochi Refinery. Acrylic Acid is one of the six niche petrochemical products produced in the new PDP Complex at Kochi Refinery. Built at the cost of Rs 6,000 crore … Read more

Lummus to Supply FCC Tech for BPCL’s Refinery Expansion in India

Lummus Technology announced an award for its Indmax Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) technology from Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL). The Indmax FCC unit is part of NRL’s refinery expansion project, which will increase crude processing capacity from the current 3 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA at their facilities in … Read more

BPCL Evaluating Petcoke Gasification at Kochi Refinery

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) has let a contract to Dastur International Inc. and Lummus Technology LLC to jointly execute a feasibility study for a petcoke gasification project at Kochi Refinery, in the Indian state of Kerala. The study will evaluate the feasibility of the proposed petcoke gasification project and production of value-added petrochemicals and … Read more

Aramco, ADNOC India Refinery Project Costs Escalate to $70 Billion

The cost of oil and petrochemicals refinery project to be built jointly by Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) in India is expected to reach $70 billion, WAM news agency reported on Wednesday. A joint economic council between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia reviewed the planned plant on Wednesday at … Read more