Why HMEL Guru Gobind Singh refinery (GGSr)?
HMEL’s Guru Gobind Singh Refinery (GGSR) is strategically positioned to service the energy demand of North India. Unleashing a hydrocarbon revolution in Punjab, it is an anchor investment for further downstream industrialization in the region.
How will the products from the Bhatinda refinery be transported?
Products from the refinery will be moved out in three ways – via pipeline (from Bhatinda to Udhampur), road and rail. “Guru Gobind Singh Refinery (GGSR) project in Bhatinda, in the Punjab region of India, has been undertaken to boost India’s refined hydrocarbon product capacity.
What will be produced in the Udhampur oil refinery?
The refinery will produce polypropylene, pet coke, sulphur, aviation turbine fuel, hexane, naphtha, mineral turpentine oil, motor spirit, kerosene oil, liquefied petroleum gas and high speed diesel. Products from the refinery will be moved out in three ways – via pipeline (from Bhatinda to Udhampur), road and rail.
What happened to HPCL’s Punjab refinery?
The nine-million-ton refinery had been on the drawing board since 1999 and, with the signing of the deed, HPCL began the groundwork at the project site. The then Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer ruled out shifting the project from Punjab to a new site in Rajasthan because INR3bn ($80m) had already been spent on the project.