HPCL-Mittal Energy (HMEL) will expand the capacity of its Bathinda oil refinery in Punjab from 2,26,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 2,36,000 bpd by December 2025, aligning with the rising regional demand.

Manu Sehgal, Vice-President for strategy and feedstock supply, said at the APPEC 2025 conference, “In December, we would have added a small capacity expansion, maybe 10,000 bpd, because the local demand is also growing in that range.” The refinery, jointly owned by state refiner Hindustan Petroleum and Mittal Energy Investments with a 49 percent stake each, will undergo a 40-day shutdown from early November for maintenance and upgrades. 

The Bathinda unit, commissioned in 2012, has been central to meeting fuel requirements in Northern India. The planned capacity addition is expected to strengthen supply resilience while catering to growing consumption. The company indicated that expansion and modernisation efforts will remain a priority to ensure operational efficiency.