HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited

HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) is a unique Public Private partnership set up in 2007. It is an equal Joint Venture of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investment Pte Ltd, Singapore, each holding a stake of about 49% with the balance being held by Indian Financial Institutions. HMEL is the largest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the refining sector in India and the largest company in the state of Punjab in terms of capital investment.

HMEL is a Board run company which at present operates an 11.3 MMTPA refinery and associated facilities at Bathinda. Additionally, it also operates a 1017 km long crude pipeline from Gujarat to Punjab and a crude oil terminal at Mundra, Gujarat along with a Single Point Mooring System (SPM) for import of the crude oil feedstock.

HMEL’s Refinery is an energy-efficient, environment friendly, high distillate yielding complex that has been designed to produce high value added petroleum products. It holds the unique distinction of being a ‘Zero Bottoms Refinery’ with various measures in place to minimize gaseous, liquid or solid waste. It has one of the highest Nelson Complexity Indices in the region and is designed to process a wide variety of crude oil including heavy, sour and other opportunity crudes. The Refinery produces Bharat Stage-VI compliant transportation fuels viz, Motor Spirit & High Speed Diesel apart from other liquid products such as Superior Kerosene Oil, Aviation Turbine Fuel, LPG, Naphtha, Mineral Turpentine Oil & Hexane. The solid product portfolio comprises of the polymer Polypropylene as well as the by-products Petcoke, Bitumen & Sulphur.

HMEL is responding to reduce the country’s dependence on imports and meet the ever-growing local demand for Polypropylene (PP) and Polyethylene (PE) with a massive over US$ 3 Billion expansion in the field of petrochemicals, at Bathinda. The new complex features a world-class Dual Feed Cracker Unit of 1.2 Million MT/annum of Polyethylene (PE) and 0.5 Million MT/annum of Polypropylene (PP) capacity to cater to all major application segments.

HMEL is committed towards high standards of safety, health and sustainability with a strong focus on preserving the environment. HMEL has received a Five Star Rating and the Sword of Honour from British Safety Council for excellence in the management of health and safety risks at work.