Question : NEW REFINERIES



(a) whether HPCL and BPCL plan to set up new refineries during the remaining period of Eleventh Five Year Plan; and

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-Wise?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) and (b): During the remaining period of Eleventh Plan, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is setting up a 9 MMTPA Refinery at Bathinda, Punjab in Joint Venture with Mittal Energy Investments Pte Ltd.. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has already commissioned a 6 MMTPA Refinery at Bina, Madhya Pradesh on 20th May, 2011 in Joint Venture with Oman Oil Company, Oman.