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Refinery to be major petrochemical hub
New Delhi 02-Sep-2007
Guru Gobind Singh Refinery Ltd. (GGSRL) at Bathinda would be developed as one of the major petrochemical hubs in Asia, A consensus along this line emerged in the meeting between Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and a team of experts and officials from HPCL and Mittal Energy Investments Ltd. An 18-member team of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL), led by its chairman and MD Arun Balakrishanan and Sudhir Maheshwari of Mittal Energy Investments Limited apprised Badal of the project's status. The core issues at today’s meeting were to discuss the salient features of Guru Gobind Singh refinery, pace of its implementation and likely dale of its commissioning (December 2010). The refinery is being built up on EURO IV product specification with captive power plant of 110 MWs and crude oil pipeline from Mundra (Gujarat) to Bathinda with single plant mooring (SPM) and crude oil terminal at Mundra. This 9 million tonnes refinery at Bathinda with an investment worth Rs 18,000 crore would usher in an era of overall development and prosperity in the area, said Badal, who presided over the meeting held here today.Later, chief secretary R.L Singh along with representatives of HPCL, Mittal Group and administrative secretaries reviewed the entire project.
New Delhi 02-Sep-2007
Guru Gobind Singh Refinery Ltd. (GGSRL) at Bathinda would be developed as one of the major petrochemical hubs in Asia, A consensus along this line emerged in the meeting between Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and a team of experts and officials from HPCL and Mittal Energy Investments Ltd. An 18-member team of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL), led by its chairman and MD Arun Balakrishanan and Sudhir Maheshwari of Mittal Energy Investments Limited apprised Badal of the project's status. The core issues at today’s meeting were to discuss the salient features of Guru Gobind Singh refinery, pace of its implementation and likely dale of its commissioning (December 2010). The refinery is being built up on EURO IV product specification with captive power plant of 110 MWs and crude oil pipeline from Mundra (Gujarat) to Bathinda with single plant mooring (SPM) and crude oil terminal at Mundra. This 9 million tonnes refinery at Bathinda with an investment worth Rs 18,000 crore would usher in an era of overall development and prosperity in the area, said Badal, who presided over the meeting held here today.Later, chief secretary R.L Singh along with representatives of HPCL, Mittal Group and administrative secretaries reviewed the entire project.