JULY 20238TOP STORYRIL AND ATGL TO INVEST ON COMPRESSED BIOGAS PLANTS IN INDIAINDIA'S HPCL TO OPERATE VIZAG REFINERY AT EXPANDED CAPACITY FROM EARLY 2024Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), an Indian oil company, intends to operate its 15 million metric tonnes per year (tpy) Vizag refinery at full capacity early next year. By replacing an outdated unit with a new 9 million tonnes per year crude unit in March, the state-controlled refiner increased the capacity of the Vizag facility in Southern India's crude processing from 8.33 million tonnes per year, S. Bharathan told reporters at an event.When refineries are operating at full capacity, HPCL will be able to process fuel oil to create pricey refined goods like gasoline and gasoil, which will assist raise the company's profit margin. According to Bharathan, HPCL would commission a hydrogen unit, a sulphur recovery plant, and a 3.5 million tpy hydrocracker in two months. By the end of this year, a residual hydrocracker with a comparable capacity will also be put into operation.The two hydrocrackers will transform bitumen and vacuum gasoil, which are heavier feedstocks, into value-added fuels including jet fuel, petrol and diesel. According to him, the residual hydrocracker will allow for the processing of around 1 million tpy of fuel, and the importation of fuel oil might start as early as the middle of 2024, "depending on."When asked where the crude for its increased capacity came from, he responded, "Middle East, West Africa, and the U.S. are major sources, and Russia now." According to him, HPCL will be the first refinery in India to begin operating a 370 tpy electrolyser in two months. For the Vizag refinery, the electrolyser will aid in the production of green hydrogen. Additionally, HPCL runs a 9.8 million tpy refinery in Mumbai, in the state of Maharashtra in western India. Gautam Adani's Adani Total Gas (ATGL) and Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) both plan to build 10 compressed biogas (CBG) plants across the nation. These facilities will have an annual capacity of up to 30 million tonnes. In the following five years, five plants will be built. Rest of it would be discussed later. For the construction of these plants, the corporations will each contribute up to Rs 2500 crore.A cleaner fuel made from trash or biomass is called compressed bio gas, or CBG. It can be utilised for commercial, industrial, and automotive purposes and shares many of the same characteristics as compressed natural gas (CNG). "RIL and Adani Group have selected a few locations for the construction of these plants. They currently aim to build five plants. The supply of feedstock is a problem, thus the other five would be put up after that, according to the first senior executive listed above.Adani Total Gas, five CBG facilities would be built at key locations during the next five years. In Uttar Pradesh, a factory with a daily capacity of 600 tonnes is now being built. By the end of this fiscal year, CBG production is anticipated to start. "CBG facilities are a logical strategic addition to ATGL city gas distribution and a source of clean energy. This is consistent with both India's commitment to the environment and the nation's COP26 pledges.Each facility would be able to process 250500 tonnes of feedstock per day, and produce 1020 tonnes per day (TPD) or more of CBG. An estimated 750 crore rupees would be invested in the Uttar Pradesh branch. According to ATGL, the business is operating on a pan-India basis and serving the municipal solid waste and agricultural residue segments. "We anticipate CBG to be a significant source of alternative energy, which is one of the central government's focus areas,".
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