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Future-Intensive Projects Shaping Kochi Refinery

Projects

Kochi Refinery was commissioned in 1966 with crude oil processing capacity of 2.5 Million Metric Tons per Annum (MMTPA). Through progressive revamps and addition of process units, the refining capacity has been augmented to present level of 15.5 MMTPA.

The significant projects through which the Refinery has grown to the present level are the following:

  • Capacity enhancement from 2.5 MMTPA to 3.3 MMTPA in 1973
  • Capacity enhancement from 3.3 MMTPA to 4.5 MMTPA in 1984 with the addition of Fluidized catalytic cracking unit (FCCU)
  • Capacity expansion from 4.5 MMTPA to 7.5 MMTPA in 1994
  • Aromatic production facilities to make Benzene and Toluene in 1989
  • A 2 MMTPA Diesel Hydro Desulphurization (DHDS) plant in 2000 to reduce the sulphur content in Diesel
  • Capacity Expansion cum Modernisation Project to enhance refining capacity to 9.5 MMTPA and upgrade auto fuels to BS III/ IV standards, progressively commissioned during 2009-2011.
  • Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP) to enhance refining capacity to 15.5 MMTPA and quality upgradation of auto fuels to BS IV/ VI standards in 2017.

A few of the unique features of recently executed IREP are the following:

  • Hydrogen Generation Unit on Build Own Operate (BOO) basis
  • Asia’s largest single mounded LPG storage facility
  • State of the art crude distillation and secondary processing units
  • Reverse Osmosis based De-Mineralised water (RO-DM) plant
  • BPCL has set up a specialty petrochemicals plant at Kochi Refinery to produce Acrylic Acid, Oxo Alcohols and Acrylates, based upon 250KTPA of Propylene produced in the Refinery.
  • BS-VI MS Block Project has been set up at Kochi Refinery to upgrade surplus Naphtha produced in the Refinery to Motor Spirit meeting BS-VI specifications.

As a testimony to its project execution competency, BPCL KR bagged the prestigious CIDC Viswakarma Award in two categories viz; 'Best Construction Project' and ‘Green Project Award’ during 2017.

Clearances

CLEARANCES & COMPLIANCES

EC No: J-11011/32/90-IA-II dated 20.8.1991 issued to our Project “Capacity expansion of M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Kochi Refinery (Formerly Cochin Refineries Ltd.) from 4.5 to 7.5 MMTPA.
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EC No: J-11011/78/96-IA-II dated. 05.03.1997 issued for the Project “Installation of Diesel Hydro De-Sulphurisation (DHDS).
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EC No: J-16011/38/2003-IA-III 12.8.2004 issued to the project “Development of crude oil Receipt facilities (CORE), Facilities include Single point Mooring (SPM), Submarine Pipelines from SPM to Shore Tank Farm (STF), and Pipeline from STF to Kochi Refinery (KR).
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EC No: J-11011/369/2005-IA II (I) dated 2nd February 2006, granting environmental clearance for Capacity Expansion cum Modernisation Project (Phase-II).
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EC Nos: J-11011/341/2011-IA-II (I) dated 22.11.2012; and Amendment dated 23.05.2014 issued to the “Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP).
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EC No: 11-31/2015-1A.III,dated:12.02.2016, granting environmental clearance for the Project laying of Heat Traced pipeline from the Ernakulum South Tanker Berth to Kochi Refinery.
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EC No: J-11011/26/2013-IA II (I) dated 12th May 2015, for the project of Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Project (PDPP).
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EC No: J-11011/43/2016-IA-II (I) dated 20.10.2016, for the project of Motor Spirit Block Project (MSBP)
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CRZ approval from MOEF & CC for laying Heat Traced Pipeline from South Tanker Berth to BPCL Kochi Refinery.
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Environmental Clearance for the installation of two no’s additional tanks to store Crude Oil in the special economic Zone in Sy No.347 at Puthuvypeen Village, Puthuvypeen Taluk, Ernakulum district, Kerala
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EC compliance Report (May 23, 2016) of Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Project (PDPP) at Kochi Refinery. 
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Environmental Clearance for BS VI quality fuel up gradation and new MS block at Kunnathunad Tehsil , Ernakulum District, Ambalamugal, Kochi, Kerala 
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Compliance Report for BS VI quality fuel up gradation and new MS block project of BPCL Kochi Refinery, Ambalamugal, Kochi, Kerala
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Half Yearly Compliance Report Oct-Mar 2017- Environmental Clearnance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change
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Half Yearly compliance report (June 2018) of IREP Project on environmental clearance issued by the Ministry of Forests and Climate Change.
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Compliance Report on the status of Compliance of stipulated Environmental Conditions for the period Oct-17 to March 2018.
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Compliance report for the period from Jan 2018 to June 2018 on Environmental clearance for the project –Laying heat traced pipeline from south tanker berth to Kochi Refinery.
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Environment clearance compliance report for PDPP project for the period April 2019-Sept 2019
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BPCL Kochi Refinery Half yearly compliance report on CEP from 4.5 to 7.5 MMTPA for the period Oct 2019 to March 2020
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POLYOLS - HALF YEARLY COMPLIANCE REPORT for the period April 2019-Sept 2019
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BPCL Kochi Refinery Half yearly compliance report on CORE SPM STF for the period Oct 2019 to March 2020
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BPCL Kochi Refinery Half yearly compliance report on DHDS Project for the period Oct 2019 to March 2020
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BPCL Kochi Refinery Half yearly compliance report on IREP for the period Oct 2019 to March 2020
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Half yearly compliance report - Polyols Petrochemical Project - period October 2019 to March 2020
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Half yearly compliance report to MoEF&CC for the project of laying heat traced pipeline
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Half yearly compliance report – PDPP project for the period Oct-2019 –March 2020
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Half Yearly Compliance Report against EC clearance conditions for Polyols Petrochemical Project of BPCL KR, for the period April 2020 to Sept 2020
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Half Yearly Compliance Report against EC clearance conditions for Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Project(PDPP) of BPCL KR, for the period April 2020 to Sept 2020
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Compliance Report of BSVI MS Block Project of BPCL Kochi Refinery-April 2020 to Sept 2020
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Half Yearly Compliance Report BPCL Kochi Refinery - BS VI MS Block Project- period April 2021 to September 2021
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Compliance report DHDS project
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Compliance report Capacity Expansion Project
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Compliance report CORE SPM STF
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Compliance report for capacity expansion cum modernisation project phase II
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Compliance report Heat traced pipeline to KR
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Compliance report IREP on envrn clearance by MOEFCC
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. 11-31/2015-1A for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/26/2013 for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/32/90 for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/43/2016 for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/78/96 for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/341/2011 for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/369/2005 for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/552/2017 for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-16011/38/2003 for the period Oct 2021 to March 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/32/90-IA-II for the period April 2022 to September 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/78/96-IA-II for the period April 2022 to September 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-16011/38/2003-IA-III for the period April 2022 to September 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/369/2005-IA II (I) for the period April 2022 to September 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/341/2011-IA-II (I) for the period April 2022 to September 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. 11-31/2015-1A.III for the period April 2022 to September 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/26/2013-IA II (I) for the period April 2022 to September 2022
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Submission of Half yearly compliance report Environmental Clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF & CC) EC No. J-11011/43/2016-IA-II (I) for the period April 2022 to September 2022
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EC No: J-11011/32/90-IA-II dated 20.8.1991 issued to our Project “Capacity expansion of M/s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Kochi Refinery (Formerly Cochin Refineries Ltd.) from 4.5 to 7.5 MMTPA.
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EC No: J-11011/78/96-IA-II dated. 05.03.1997 issued for the Project “Installation of Diesel Hydro De-Sulphurisation (DHDS)
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EC No: J-16011/38/2003-IA-III 12.8.2004 issued to the project “Development of crude oil Receipt facilities (CORE), Facilities include Single point Mooring (SPM), Submarine Pipelines from SPM to Shore Tank Farm (STF), and Pipeline from STF to Kochi Refinery (KR).
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EC No: J-11011/369/2005-IA II (I) dated 2nd February 2006, granting environmental clearance for Capacity Expansion cum Modernisation Project (Phase-II).
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EC Nos: J-11011/341/2011-IA-II (I) dated 22.11.2012; and Amendment dated 23.05.2014 issued to the “Integrated Refinery Expansion Project (IREP).
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EC No: 11-31/2015-1A.III,dated:12.02.2016, granting environmental clearance for the Project laying of Heat Traced pipeline from the Ernakulum South Tanker Berth to Kochi Refinery.
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EC No: J-11011/26/2013-IA II (I) dated 12th May 2015, for the project of Propylene Derivatives Petrochemical Project (PDPP).
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EC No: J-11011/43/2016-IA-II (I) dated 20.10.2016, for the project of Motor Spirit Block Project (MSBP)
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