ONGC To Establish New Mini-Refinery At Tatipaka

Chennai/ Kakinada: The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is looking at establishing a new mini-refinery unit with a 200-tonne capacity at Tatipaka in the Krishna-Godavari Basin. Rs 45 crore has allocated for the project. The corporation is acquiring 23 acres of land for setting up the new unit, which is expected to be commissioned by the year 2009. The Tatipaka complex consists of a mini-refinery, gas collection station (GCS) and an effluent treatment plant (ETP). The refinery has an installed capacity of 66,000 tonnes per year.