Our throughput at pre-Covid levels: N Vijayagopal, director-finance, BPCL

State-run oil refiner BPCL’s throughput has reached 100% of the pre-Covid levels backed by higher demand during festive season and is likely to sustain, given that the impact of Covid-19 has abated and the oil sector is back to near normal. N Vijayagopal, director-finance at BPCL, told Vikas Srivastava in an interview that the company is likely to end the current fiscal with a capital expenditure of Rs 8,500 crore against the initial projection of Rs 7,700 crore. Edited excerpts:

What is the level of throughput at your refineries right now?