Bharat Oman Refinery Limited
| Public company | |
| Industry | Oil and gas |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Bina, Madhya Pradesh, India |
Key people |
Mr. S Varadarajan (Chairman), Mr R Ramachandran (Managing Director) |
| Products | LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Aviation turbine fuel, Light aromatic naphtha |
| Website | official website |
The Bharat Oman Refineries Limited (BORL) is a company that owns and operates Bina Refinery, located at Bina in the Sagar district of the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. Built as a joint venture between India's Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Oman's Oman Oil Company, the 6 MTPA refinery was commissioned in May 2011.
History
Bharat Oman Refineries was first conceived in the early 1990s as the Central India refinery.[1] Work on the refinery at Bina however began only in 2006.[2] The project, initially conceived as an equal partnership between BPCL and the Oman Oil Company, however faced significant delays on account of environmental clearances and poor infrastructure and suffered from severe cost overruns that saw its cost of establishment increasing from a budgeted ₹6,300 crore to ₹91 billion.[3] Following these delays and cost overruns, the Omani company initially dropped out of the project but subsequently decided to be a minority stake holder in the project holding 26% equity. The refinery which was to have been commissioned in 2009 was finally inaugurated in May 2011 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.[1] One percent of the plant's equity is held by the Government of Madhya Pradesh. The refinery is expected to create 5,000 jobs and boost tax revenues for the state government.[4]
Capacity
The BORL refinery has a current installed capacity of processing 6 million tonnes of crude oil per annum (MTPA) or 120,000 barrels per day. The refinery also consists of a 1 MTPA naphtha hydrotreater, a 0.5 MTPA catalytic reformer to produce gasoline, a 1.95-million-tonne hydrocracker, a 1.63-million-tonne diesel hydrotreater and a 1.36-million-tonne delayed coker.[5][6] The capacity at the refinery is to be augmented to 9 MTPA and is to reach a final capacity of 15 MTPA by 2015–16.[1][7] Exports of naphtha from the refinery began in 2012.[8] The plant is equipped to produce Euro III and Euro IV petroleum products and is capable of producing Euro V petroleum products with minimal additional investment.[9]
Pipelines
The Bina refinery uses a single point mooring system at Vadinar in Gujarat to facilitate the unloading of imported crude oil from large crude carriers. The crude is transported through a 935-km long pipeline from Vadinar to Bina. The products of the refinery are then transported through the 257- km Bina-Kota pipeline where it joins the Mumbai-Manmad-Bijwasan pipeline to reach the markets of North India.[9]
References
- 1 2 3 "How BPCL drafted the Bina refinery script". The Hindu Businessline. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Work begins at Bina refinery". Business Standard. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "BPCL revises Bina refinery project cost to Rs 9,100 cr – Bharat Oman Refineries to go in for IPO". The Hindu Businessline. 25 September 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Manmohan dedicates Bina refinery to the nation". The Hindu. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "BPCL commissions 120,000 bpd Bina refinery". HT Mint. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "Bharat Oman shut crude unit at Bina londrefinery". HT Mint. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "BPCL to raise Bina refinery capacity to 9 mt". The Hindu Businessline. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "BPCL offers 1st naphtha export from Bina plant". HT Mint. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- 1 2 "Bina Refinery makes Bharat proud". Retrieved 20 December 2012.