IOCL plans expansion at its Panipat refinery

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has proposed the ramping up of the petrochemical, fuel refining and biofuel manufacturing capacity of its Panipat refinery. The expansion is a part of a revised target to increase refining capacity from 15 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) to 25 mtpa by 2023-24. IOCL will spend Rs 32.92 billion to upgrade production from BS-IV grade fuel to BS-VI grade fuel. It will also be spending another Rs 7.65 billion for setting up a 100 kilolitre per day 2G ethanol plant that uses rice straw-based bio-waste by April 2020.