Merger With BPCL.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) acquired the Government of India's shares in KRL in March 2001. Consequent to the merger Order dated 18 August, 2006 issued by Ministry of Company Affairs, the refinery has been amalgamated with Bharat Petroleum Corporation, hence forth to be known as BPCL-Kochi Refinery.
The current capacity of the refinery is 9.5 MMTPA after capacity expansion in 2009
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