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IOC board approves for Rs 15,034 crore Gujarat refinery expansion

he Indianoil Board, in its meeting on 3rd August which went on stream in october 1965 as a 1 MMTPA unit,
T2017, gave Stage-I approval for expansion of the heralded India’s capabilities to build refineries on its own.
Corporation’s Gujarat Refinery from the existing 13.7 to In the same vein, we are now proposing to incorporate
18 Million Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMTPA) of crude oil IndianOil's own R&D technologies for both IndMax and
processing capacity at an estimated cost of Rs. 15,034 kerosene hydrodesulphurisation units. The IndMax unit is
crore. The project to augment the Refinery's capacity being designed for high yields of propylene, for which a
by 4.3 MMTPA will help meet the growing demand for polypropylene (PP) unit of 420 TMTPA capacity is being
set up as a downstream petrochemical unit as part of the
refinery configuration,” he said. PP is used in a variety of
applications, including packaging for consumer products,
plastic parts for automotive and other industries, and
textiles.
Indianoil has plans to raise the combined capacity of its
11 group refineries from 80.7 MMTPA currently to over
100 MMTPA in the next five years through brownfield
expansions. The Corporation is also pursuing a 60-MMTPA
integrated refinery-cum-petrochemicals project on the
west coast jointly with other oil Marketing Companies
(oMCs, BPCL and HPCL).

UTH GmbH to look

products in the region. The highlight of the project will oportunities in Shanghai
be the proposed upfront execution of a new 15-MMTPA ubber processing presents enormous challenges
Atmospheric Vacuum Unit (AVU) with associated utilities Rday in day out to rubber and tyre manufacturers.
to replace the 4 Atmospheric Units and 2 Vacuum Units The demand is for products of the highest quality
installed at various stages of the refinery's phase-wise and, simultaneously, for greater cost-effectiveness.
capacity expansion starting from 1965. After many years Accordingly, UTH has made progress in perfecting the
in service and being old in design and small in capacity, manufacturing of tyre, rubber and silicone products.
these units are no longer energy-efficient.
UTH GmbH from Fulda, Germany will exhibit its
Execution of the 15-MMTPA AVU in 50 months after Stage-1 extended range of products, covering both roll-ex®
approval, ahead of other units by about 11 months, will fine-mesh straining systems and roll-ex® gear pump
provide impetus to the total project execution and will technology, in Shanghai. With a focus on fine-mesh
accrue significant savings and improved energy efficiency straining of rubber compounds in large mixing lines,
by way of operation of a new, large-size AVU in place of UTH GmbH will present its solutions for applications
existing small units. The commissioning of the new AVU requiring highest availability and cost-efficiency. With
almost a year ahead of other units, will also help in smooth throughputs up to 10000 kg/h the roll-ex® gear extruder
commissioning and stabilisation of other downstream systems from UTH have set the benchmark worldwide
secondary processing units. According to Mr. Sanjiv Singh, for fine-mesh straining of rubber compounds. Using
either the compact two-roll feeder (TRF) or a conical
Chairman, Indianoil, the new refinery configuration twin screw feeder (DSE), the modular design of the
proposed will take into account the likely disruptions in the roll-ex® system enables the integration of the strainer
fuel supply/demand scenario in the future and will have in each specific line design. Because of the flexible and
built-in flexibility in its operations for strong integration compact design, a seemless integration into existing
with downstream petrochemical units. “Gujarat Refinery, lines is also possible.

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