Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) on 2 July 2010 commissioned a 1,20,000
bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Bina refinery in Madhya Pradesh. The
CDU of the refinery has an annual capacity of six million tpa.
The Rs 11,397 crore Bina refinery has begun producing kerosene and liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG). All other units of the refinery are likely to be
commissioned sequentially, and full commercial production is expected to
commence by September 2010.
Though the refinery, built by Bharat Oman Refineries (BORL) - a JV of BPCL
and Oman Oil Company, was mechanically completed in December 2009, it could not
start processing crude oil as state owned BHEL had not completed a 99 MW captive
power plant on time.
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