Ahmedabad: Racing to complete its Rs 8,300-crore ongoing expansion plan as scheduled, Essar Oil Ltd on Wednesday said it has commissioned two more units at the Vadinar Refinery in Jamnagar district of Gujarat.
The two new units commissioned are the vacuum gas oil hydrotreating unit (VGOHDT) and the sulphur recovery unit at Vadinar. The company also commissioned the effluent treatment plant as part of the Phase I expansion project, to be completed by the end of March, the company said here.
Now, only the Delayed Coker Unit remains to be commissioned. The project, when completed, will expand the capacity of the refinery to 18 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) or 3.75 lakh barrels per day, and enhance complexity from the existing 6.1 to 11.8, which is amongst the highest in the world, Mr C Manoharan, Head of Vadinar Refinery, said. With a capacity of 6.5 mtpa, the VGOHDT at Vadinar is among the largest units of its kind. It will help the refinery produce low sulphur, high octane gasoline (petrol). The unit is also capable of producing naphtha, kerosene and gas oil (diesel).
Mr L.K. Gupta, Managing Director and CEO, Essar Oil, said the Vadinar Refinery, will be among the world's most complex refineries capable of producing fuels that meet the world's most stringent emission norms.
The ETP will treat 540 cubic metre of water per hour, which will be reused for cooling tower or for the generation of demineralised water through the RO plant. The treated water can also be used for horticulture.
Alongside the Phase I expansion, an optimisation project is also under way which will further increase the capacity to 20 mtpa (4.05 lakh bpd) by September 2012.
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