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Haldia Refinery bags Anil Raj Trophy for Energy Conservation
New Delhi   18-Sep-2007
Haldia Refinery has been awarded 'Shri Anil Raj Trophy' for 2006-07. The trophy is awarded every year to a refinery unit for achieving maximum reduction in energy consumption and hydrocarbon loss in consideration over an earlier best performance. Mr. B.N.Bankapur, Director (Refineries), presented the trophy to Mr. K.C.Dutta, GM (Technical), Haldia Refinery, at a function held at IndianOil's Refineries Head Quarters on September 18, 2007. Haldia Refinery has won the award for showing an improvement of around 7 per cent from its previous best performance in the specified parameters of energy conservation during refinery operations. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Bankapur said that Benchmarking in Energy Conservation in refineries play a vital role in improving the margins. He emphasized that while we improve the efficiency of the refinery by installation of new equipment, we should concentrate more on maintaining the available equipment at their best efficiency by way of strict monitoring and implementation of house keeping measures. Mr. Bankapur said that in refinery operations, with the increasing focus on reducing energy & loss, 'Anil Raj Trophy for Energy Conservation' provides greater motivation to refineries in achieving maximum reduction in energy consumption.