HT Bureau
GUWAHATI, April 3: Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam has achieved a major milestone by recording the highest-ever crude throughput of 3.093 million metric tonnes (MMT) against its nameplate capacity of 3.0 MMT in the FY 2022-23, a statement released issued on Monday stated.
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Additionally, the company has also achieved a distillate yield of 87.6%, the highest since its inception. NRL has accomplished this feat while keeping Capital Expenditure at Rs 6,615 crore, which is the highest ever till date, surpassing its earlier record of Rs 3,605 crore in the FY 2021-22, the statement further added.
Major refinery products, such as motor spirit, high-speed diesel and wax, have shown record production figures at 662.4 MT, 2,134.8 MT and 47.7 MT respectively.
“LPG bottling has also been the highest ever at 65.9 TMT,” the release said.
The refinery was also “successful in commissioning and inauguration of the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on March 18”.
The 132 km-long pipeline has been built to transport high-speed diesel from NRL’s Siliguri marketing terminal in West Bengal to Parbatipur in the neighbouring country.
The NRL is on a major expansion drive to increase its capacity from 3 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA, which also includes setting up of a crude oil import terminal in Paradip Port, Odisha, and laying of a 1,640-km pipeline from Paradip to Numaligarh, the release added. (With inputs from PTI)
