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VISAKHAPATNAM: District Collector Vinay Chand on Wednesday has directed an inquiry and a five-member technical committee was constituted to probe the matter related to the fire accident at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) refinery in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. The Committee which comprises experts in the field of oil and natural gas and engineers will analyze ....
An emergency siren was immediately sounded following which the employees and workers rushed out of the unit. There was a deafening sound like a blast and there was a ball of fire. The siren was sounded and we all came running out to safety, some workers said, coming out of the plant. Fire tenders at the plant and also from outside were rushed into put out the blaze and the operation was continuing. HPCL issued a statement regarding the same and said, A fire incident occurred in one of the crude processing units of HPCLâs Visakh Refinery at 3pm on 25th May 2021. Safety measures & firefighting was activated immediately. The fire has been extingushed. There is no casualty & no risk to Public. Other Refinery operations are normal ....
L&T Heavy Engineering Flags off world’s heaviest LC-Max Reactors By IANS| Published: 28th January 2021 1:22 pm IST Hazira (Gujarat), Jan 28 : The Heavy Engineering business of Larsen & Toubro, has completed and flagged off World’s Heaviest LC-Max Reactors ahead of schedule. The reactors, weighing 2,260 Metric Tons (MT) each, will enable India’s first Residue Upgradation Facility (RUF) by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation’s Visakh Refinery to convert the heaviest oils to high-quality BS-VI diesel, as well as increase feedstock and improve product flexibility. The reactors will sail in ‘single piece’ directly to Visakhapatnam from Larsen & Toubro’s integrated, coastal manufacturing facility located at Hazira in Gujarat. ....
HPCL launches Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil for shipping Industry Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has launched IMO-2020 compliant Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO) for shipping industry ahead of the deadline of January 1. The launch took place here on Thursday by the Chairman and Managing Director in presence of Director – Refineries, Mukesh Kumar Surana, Vinod S Shenoy, Director – Marketing, Rakesh Misri, Executive Director – Direct Sales, Ajit Singh and other top officials. The first batch of VLSFO is already produced in Visakh Refinery of HPCL in early December 2019, ahead of the deadline of January 1, 2020. “HPCL has always been at the forefront of providing cleaner and sustainable solutions. From January 1, 2020, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has enforced a 0.5 per cent global Sulphur cap on fuel for areas which till December 31, 2019, were allowed to use fuel oil with 3.5 per cent Sulphur,” Surana said in a statement. ....