Bharat Corporation Limited (BPCL) is a Government of controlled Maharatna, Oil and Gas Company headquartered in , . The company is India's 2nd largest downstream oil company and is ranked 275th on the Fortune list of the world's biggest corporations. BPCL’s Mumbai Refinery at , established in the year 1955, is currently having a capacity of processing 12 MMTPA crude oil and produces (LPG), Mineral Turpentine Oil (MTO), Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), Kerosene (SKO), Motor Spirit (MS), Diesel (HSD), Furnace Oil (FO) & Bitumen. Production pattern of these petroleum products vary as per product demand towards national interest.

BPCL Mumbai executes various projects inside refinery complex in order to provide products in the market in line with regulations mandated time to time.

Currently, BPCL intends to execute KHT & PRFCC projects inside Mumbai Refinery complex. Brief details of these forthcoming Projects are mentioned below.

1. KHT Project

Mumbai refinery produces Kerosene which is treated at existing Kero Merox Unit for bringing the Sulphur content below 1500 ppm. Kerosene is mainly used for production of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). Kerosene is also blended in HSD as one of the components or goes to Kerosene as a final product.

As per Govt. Auto Fuel Policy, BPCL need to supply BS VI grade HSD to nation w.e.f 1st April-2020. Hence, it is necessary to produce kerosene with sulphur contenet less than 10 ppm in order to facilitate it’s blending with HSD in future. Further, as sulphur specification in ATF may also change in future, margin shall be kept in unit capacity. In view of the same, BPCL MR has proposed to set up Kero Hydro Treater (KHT) integrated with existing DHT unit at the cost of Rs. 700 crores which will give product with sulphur < 10 PPM.

The new KHT is proposed to be installed with a capacity of 4500 MTPD (1.5 MMTPA) and needs to be integrated with the existing DHT unit. The KHT & DHT integration needs to be maximized due to space constraints at BPCL- MR.

There will not be any increase in pollution load and total refinery production post KHT as mentioned below:

 No increase in total refinery production or change in product mix.  No requirement of additional water & fuel w.r.t prevailing Consent received from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB),  No additional furnace or stack is envisaged.  Total Hazardous waste generation will be well within Consent limit received from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB). No additional effluent generation.

2. PRFCC Project

BPCL intends to diversify into Petrochemicals products with major focus on Ethylene/Propylene based products. A Petro-Residue Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (PRFCC) unit is proposed to be set inside Mumbai refinery complex. Setting up of PRFCC project is modernization of Refinery, replacing vintage Catalytic Cracking Unit (CCU) commissioned in 1955 and Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) commissioned in 1985.

A Petro-Residue Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (PRFCC) project will be implemented within existing BPCL Mumbai refinery boundary. The total project cost is Rs. 6,877 Crores.

There will not be any increase in pollution load and total refinery production post PRFCC as mentioned below:

 The proposal is for Refinery Modernization as new PRFCC is replacement of old CCU of 1955 and FCCU of 1985 by latest state of art technology, energy efficient, better and yield unit.  No increase in total refinery production with little change in product mix.  No requirement of additional water  Additional power requirement (normal 30 MW and Peak 50 MW for start up) will be sourced from grid and no new additional captive power generation is envisaged  DeNox facility to reduce NOx emission using a combination of SCNR and SCR technology along with Low NOx burners

As per earlier Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) of Maharashtra under the Costal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) rules of 1991, Mumbai Refinery was not coming in CRZ area. However, Maharashtra Government has revised CZMP (CZMP) on 14th December 2018 (Annexure-1), which indicates some of the area of the Refinery being covered under CRZ-II.

As a part of KHT & PRFCC Projects currently being proposed in Mumbai Refinery certain industrial buildings and structures are required to be constructed in CRZ-II area as per project layout to meet operational requirements and optimizing the available space within refinery.

The proposed structures which are required to be constructed in CRZ-II area mainly include KHT Unit, Part of New SRU unit, PRFCC SRR building, New SRU Sub-station Building, PRFCC Cooling Tower, Central Control room, etc.

These structures are required to be constructed immediately in order to produce various fuels as per Government mandate.

In view of the above, we hereby request you to consider our requirement of construction of these structures in CRZ-II and grant us the exemption under the clause limiting the construction of structures in CRZ-II area.

We once again request you to consider the above issues favorably, and grant necessary approvals at the earliest.