Competency
Today Kochi Refinery is a frontline entity as the unit of the Fortune 500 company, BPCL.
With a turnover of around USD 2500 million, the refinery aims to strengthen its presence in refining and marketing of petroleum products and further grow into the energy and petrochemical sectors.
Kochi Refinery is engaged in Refining and marketing of petroleum products. Beginning with a capacity of 50,000 barrels per day (7,900 m3/d)(bpd), today the Refinery has a refining capacity of 190,000 bbl/d (30,000 m3/d). The Company entered the petrochemical sector with benzene and toluene in 1989.
Kochi Refinery produces all fuel based refinery products viz liquefied petroleum gas, naphtha, gasoline, kerosene, aviation turbine fuel, gas oil, fuel oil, and bitumen. The foray into direct marketing began since 1993 through marketing its aromatic products: benzene and toluene.
The company entered the International Petroleum business stream when its first parcel of Fuel Oil was exported in January 2001. Since then the company has exported around 100 parcels. In the last financial year the refinery exported products worth over USD 280 million.
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