On 24 November 2006 Essar Oil has started of trial runs at its 10.5 million tpa refinery at Vadinar in Gujarat.

The Rs.10,825 crore refinery will begin production with a refining capacity of 7.5 million tpa of crude, which will be gradually scaled up to its full capacity of 10.5 million tonnes by June 2007. The project was completed four months ahead of the scheduled date that is 31 March 2007.

The refinery has been built with state-of-art, contemporary technology and will have a capability to produce petrol and diesel suitable for use in India as well as advanced international markets. It will also produce LPG, Naptha,light diesel oil, aviation turbine fuel and kerosene.

The company has set up an oil terminal at Vadinar, which is an integrated facility to receive crude through a single point mooring system and dispatch finished products through its product jetty. The terminal can handle 12 million tpa of crude intake with a capability to handle tankers up to 3.5 lakh DWT and product dispatch facilities with a combined capacity of 14 million tpa. The terminal, which includes a port, tank farm, associated pipeline network and storage and dispatch facilities, has been set up at a cost of Rs.2,857 crore.

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Essar Refinery by end-November 2006 (10-Nov-06)

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