By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 8 -- Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd. (BORL) is starting up a 120,000-b/d grassroots refinery in Central India.
The company started the crude unit at Bina, Madhya Pradesh, on June 29 then shut it down within a few days to tie in the vacuum distillation unit.
It expected to restart the crude unit in synchronization with the vacuum unit before shutting down again to start up gasoline production units later this month.
The refinery has a 20,000-b/d naphtha hydrotreater a 10,000-b/d continuous catalytic reformer. It last will start up a hydrocracker in late July or August.
BOPL expects full commissioning by the end of September.
The refinery receives crude via a 935-km, 24-in. pipeline linking Bina with Vanidar, Gujarat, which was commissioned in June.
State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp. owns 84% of the new refinery. Oman Oil Co. AOSC owns 26%.
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