India's second-largest state refiner, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL), plans to invest Rs 1,419 crore (US$236m) in replacing an old crude oil processing unit at its 12 Mt/year (240,000 bbl/d) refinery in Mumbai (India) by May 2015. The refinery will install a new 6 Mt/year crude and vacuum distillation unit.
BPCL is also considering expanding its Kochi refinery with a new 10.5 Mt/year (210,000 bbl/d) crude distillation unit that would replace an old 4.5 Mt/year unit (90,000 bbl/d). This would raise the capacity of the Kochi refinery from 9.5 Mt/year (190,000 bbl/d) to 15.5 Mt/year (310,000 bbl/d). Commissioning of the new CDU is expected by May 2016. BPCL could also invest about Rs 13,500 crore (US$2.25bn) in the expansion of its capacities at Numaligarh (Assam) and Bina (Madhya Pradesh) refineries, which would be expanded from 3 Mt/year to 9 Mt/year (from 60,000 bbl/d to 180,000 bbl/d) and from 6 Mt/year to 8 Mt/year (from 120,000 bbl/d to 160,000 bbl/d), respectively.

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