Chief Secy reviews refinery project

Chief Secy reviews refinery project
Rajay Deep
Tribune News Service

Bathinda, February 11

Punjab Chief Secretary Ramesh Inder Singh visited the site of Guru Gobind Singh oil refinery for first-hand account of the progress of the project.
He also inaugurated the water reservoir of the refinery by letting water from the canal into it.
Reviewing the progress of the plant, the Chief Secretary said Rs 4,000 crore had been spent on it so far, whereas orders for equipment worth Rs 11,000 crore had been placed. He said , “The plant is progressing well and ahead of schedule, having achieved physical progress of 20 per cent.”
He added the refinery had taken care of all formalities regarding licences and completed all critical packages. Orders had been placed in all 22 critical long -lead items and at present, construction is going on at the site for crude distillation units, delayed coker units, captive power plant etc.
He said this 90 lakh tonne annum capacity grassroot oil refinery would also have captive power plant of about 165 MW, a 1012 long cross-country crude oil pipeline from Mundra (Gujarat) to here with single point mooring and cruide oil terminal at Mundra.
Jaspal Saini, General Manager (Coordination), HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), said the unit would produce 400 TMT of propylene which would act as mother industry for various small and medium units. He added half of the consumption would take place in Punjab itself.
Other officials of the refinery were present during the visit of the Chief Secretary.