Indian Oil Corporation’s Mathura refinery has received environmental clearance for projects to expand its crude processing capacity to 11 mmtpa, a senior official of the refinery said on Friday.
Mathura Refinery has processing capacity of 8 mmtpa, at present.
The refinery has been accorded environmental clearance for residue upgradation and distillate yield improvement project with 11 MMTPA crude processing, Mathura Refinery head and executive director Asis Kumar Maiti told PTI.
“The environmental clearance was given on November 22 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change impact assessment division, Maiti said.
He said the proposal would generate employment opportunities (direct and indirect).
