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The Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (CPCL) recorded its highest-ever crude throughput of 11.71 cardinal tonnes, which amounts to a capableness utilisation of 112%, for the year, ending March 31, 2026. This was made imaginable by sustained operational excellence.
“We did person stoppages for planned maintenance. But contempt that, the 3 units successful the Manali refinery ran smoothly, enabling america to prolong precocious utilisation passim the year,” a institution root said.
The CPCL’s oldest crude refinery portion achieved the champion capableness truthful far, contempt a turnaround. The 2nd and 3rd units each exceeded much than 30%.
The capableness realisation of the secondary units, the hydrocracker unit, and the fluid catalytic cracker portion (FCC) improved this year. “We controlled the unit and somesthesia parameters precise well. The FCC portion made a turnaround past year, which was besides a crushed for the betterment of capableness utilisation.”
The institution continued to support its best-ever distillate yield, and the invaluable products — including petrol, diesel, kerosene and ATF — obtained during the process of distillate roseate to astir 80% from 78% successful 2023-24, underscoring our operational excellence and sustained absorption connected vigor efficiency, the authoritative said.
The CPCL besides enjoyed the vantage of having a prime of crudes. “Since our genitor company, Indian Oil, acquires crude successful bulk, we get the crudes we request to marque products, specified arsenic paraffin wax and lubes, with greater ease. We person implicit 160 crudes successful our basket,” the root said.
