Visakha Black oil Terminal of HPCL Inaugurated by Shri S.Sundareshan, Secretary-Petroleum & Natural Gas

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Vishakapatnam, September 20, 2010 : The Secretary to Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas) Shri S. Sundareshan inaugurated HPCL’s prestigious new Black Oil Terminal at Visakhapatnam in the presence of Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL Shri. S Roychoudhary, Director-HR Dr. V.Vizia Saradhi, Director-Refineries Shri K. Murali and other dignitaries from HPCL.

The new terminal at Visakhapatnam is the largest exclusive black oil terminal in India and industry’s first fully automated Black Oil terminal with a product handling capacity of about 94,000kL. The terminal will handle products FO – 180/ 380/ 500, Bitumen, LVFO, FO Blend, LSHS, HFHSD, LDO, JBO and Lube Oil. This project has strategic importance as it creates space for Visakha Refinery expansion for production of EURO IV grade fuel (Diesel Hydro Treatment Unit Project).

The terminal was developed on a 38 acres plot of land by as a fast track project by the Marketing projects group of HPCL within a record time of 15 months using all advanced Project Management techniques. The product receipt to the terminal will be from Visakha Refinery as well as Jetties and product dispatch will be by Road, Rail and through Pipelines for bunkering / tanker loading. The terminal will be the first site with provision for blending of products for customized needs of marketing which will make it the full fledged eastern hub for industries and for bunkering.

from L to R Shri PAB Raju- Executive Director,  Visakh a Refinery,  Shri S.Roy Choudhury-C&MD, Shri S.Sundareshan, Secretary-Petroleum & Natural Gas, GOI, Dr. V.Vizia Saradhi- Director-HR, Shri K.Murali, Director- Refineries & Shri P.Rajendran, General Manager-Marketing Projects
from L to R Shri PAB Raju- Executive Director, Visakh a Refinery, Shri S.Roy Choudhury-C&MD, Shri S.Sundareshan, Secretary-Petroleum & Natural Gas, GOI, Dr. V.Vizia Saradhi- Director-HR, Shri K.Murali, Director- Refineries & Shri P.Rajendran, General Manager-Marketing Projects
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