Visakhapatnam Refinery
Visakhapatnam (Visakh) Refinery is one of the two oil refineries of HPCL in India, the other being Mumbai Refinery. A brief history of Visakh Refinery is below.
In 1957, Visakh Refinery went on stream under the ownership of M/s Caltex India Ltd. In May, 1978, M/s Caltex Oil Refinery (India) was amalgamated with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. The installed capacity of 1.5 MMTPA was increased to 4.5 MMTPA in 1985 and 7.5 MMTPA in 1999, through an expansion programme.
Read more about Visakhapatnam Refinery: VRCFP (Visakh Refinery Clean Fuels Project)