The first major secondary processing unit of the Paradip Refinery, the Delayed Coker Unit (DCU), was commissioned safely and smoothly in the presence of Executive Director (ED) Ramjee Ram and GS Singh and other officials recently.
With the commissioning of the 4.1-MMTPA DCU, the Paradip Refinery would be able to upgrade the vacuum residue to higher value products.
On the occasion ED Ramjee Ram said the refinery would be fully operational and functional by November/December 2015.
Director (Refineries) Sanjeev Singh during his visit and interaction with the Paradip Refinery team on this special occasion, expressed satisfaction and profoundly appreciated the arduous efforts put-in by every member for achieving safe phase-wise commissioning.
The refinery was being built at a cost of Rs 34,555 crore and has the ability of processing vide variety of high sulphur cheap crudes. With the highest overall Nelson complexity factor, the refinery was designed to produce clean and environmental friendly next generation Euro-IV and Euro-V fuels.