Excelsior Correspondent
ODISHA, July 27: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily today inaugurated the Main Control Room of Indian Oil Corporation’s Rs 30,000 crore Paradip Refinery project which is likely to be commissioned in next six months.
“The refinery project is set to be commissioned by February-March, 2014 for which we want cooperation of all, the people of Odisha, the State Government, the Government of India,” Moily said after inaugurating the Main Control Room.
“Once the project is completed, a whole lot of industries will come up and create lakhs of jobs,” he said complimenting the personnel engaged in executing the project.
The project will give prosperity to the people and change the fortunes of the region, said the Minister who visited the Atmospheric Vacuum Distillation unit, Fluid Catalytic Cracking (INDMAX) unit, Delayed Coking Unit and Crude and Product tankages area of Paradip Refinery project.
He was accompanied by Srikant Jena, Minister of State [I/C], Ministry of Fertilizers and Chemicals and Programme Implementation and Member Rajya Sabha, Ram Chandra Khuntia and Member of Legislative Assembly, Shri P. Harichandan. Dr. Moily, in presence of Shri Srikant Jena inaugurated the Main Control Room and visited the Atmospheric Vacuum Distillation unit, Fluid Catalytic Cracking (INDMAX) unit, Delayed Coking Unit and Crude and Product tankages area of Paradip Refinery project.
Addressing Indian Oil employees, Moily said the country is proud of IOCL and commissioning of Paradip Refinery will further enhance the PSUs image.
Welcoming the guests, Indian Oil Chairman R S Butola said 15.0 MMTPA state-of-the-art Paradip Refinery will take the IOCL’s refining capacity to over 80.0 MMTPA to meet the growing energy needs of the country.
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