India’s largest oil refinery of IOCl, Paradip Refinery Project (PDRP), started its first crude oil processing for refine on Sunday. PDRP General Manager Corporate Communication & CSR Dr Ajit Pathak said a release on Monday that the IOCl has begun the process of commissioning of its 15-MMTPA state-of-the-art refinery. Some of the products would require further processing in secondary units, which are also gearing up for commissioning.
The whole complex is likely to take about six to eight months for becoming fully operational in an integrated manner. This was disclosed by Director (Refineries) Sanjiv Singh. Built at a cost of `34,555 crore, the refinery is designed to process broad basket of crude including cheaper high sulphur heavy crudes and has an overall Nelson complexity factor of 12.2. The products will be dispatched by all modes of transport.