Fire shuts down refinery ahead of planned maintenance
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bharat Petroleum Corp will shut its 120,000 barrels-per-day (Mbpd) joint venture Bina refinery from mid-August for 45 days, a month ahead of the previous plan after a minor fire at the delayed coker, two sources said on Monday.
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During the 45-day shutdown, BPCL will carry out modifications at various units to raise the capacity of the plant to 156 Mbpd
BPCL’s head of refineries R. Ramachandran did not respond to calls from Reuters seeking comment.
The Bina refinery is operated by Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd (BORL), a 50-50 joint venture between Oman Oil Co and state-run BPCL.
Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier
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