Maharashtra’s super refinery project moves ahead

In a significant development involving the world’s largest refinery project in Ratnagiri in the coastal Konkan belt, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposing a new location.

The Maharashtra government is in touch with the Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (RRPCL), which would be executing the mega project.

The super refinery project involves an Indian consortium consisting of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) that signed an MoU with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) for setting up India’s largest refinery and petroleum complex.