Energising BPCL Kochi Refinery JULY 2018
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JULY 2018 Energising BPCL Kochi Refinery Page - 10 Page - 05 Page - 09 Page - 24 Page - 04 Page - 08 Page - 21 Page - 28 Page - 07 Page - 16 Page - 26 Page - 30 Page - 0607 Page - 14 Page - 25 Page - 30 Page - 29 Cover: Sanjo Cherian / P&U 8 Around BPCL 25 ʽþxnùÒ Hon’ble Petroleum Minister lays the foundation stone for {ÉÖxÉVÉÇx¨É BPCL LPG Bottling Plant, Balangir ®ÆúMÉ 10 Warm Welcome 27 aebmfw 4 Highlights ED (HR), Kochi Refinery ]pkvXImkzmZ\w BPCL Kochi Refinery wins 14 World Enviornment Day \\hv State Pollution Control Award 19 People {]Imi¯n\mbv Best Corporate Citizen Award for Retirements "Hcp PmXn' a\pjyscÃmw' BPCL Kochi Refinery Service Citation 14 RPL' 18 {In¡-äv X-cwKw 120 kWp Solar Power Plant - BPCL Kochi 24 Young Mind Refinery’s gift to ‘Mother Nature’ Congratulations - Exam Toppers Editor Jayesh Shah / ED Associate Editor Kavitha Mathew/ HR EDITORIAL Editorial Board George Thomas/ HR Vineeth M. Varghese/ HR Vinod T. Mathew/ HR Girija V. R./ HR Ganesan S./ ESE Chandrasekharan M./ Retd Sasidharan R./ Retd Resource Group Ankur K. Mishra/ Advisory Service Swachh Shanth Sundar Anurag Sarma/ IREP Bijoy K. I./ Maint uly begins with rededicating ourselves to the continued Biju T. N./ Projects mission of cleanliness. We are committed to the highest Gopalakrishnan C. V./ HSE J Joseph Simon V. M./ Maint standards of maintaining our surroundings clean and safe all Krishnan T. B./ Maint times. Swachhta at work is more of a tradition for us than a rule. Latha Kamath / HR (Hindi) Manojkumar T. S./ Finance We at KR strongly believe that people and processes of which Mohan Chandran K. C./ IS Muralikrishnadas V. G./ E&C we are indelible links can interact closely with each other Padmanabhan K./ Projects and contribute in peaceful harmony. We would soon like to Parameswer S./ HR benchmark ourselves on how our teams are collaborating Rajan C. K./ OM&S Ranjini Varma / CRS to sustain KR as a clean and also a great place to work. We Sajeevan U.T. / HR would like to understand from you the best desirables in safety, Shaji P. Stephen/ IREP environment, people-friendly workspace and branding in our Sreeraj K. R./ P&U Subramanian K. P./ P&U collective mission for a swach, shanth and sundar place of work. Suresh Babu/ OM&S Please take time to look around you and give us your feedback Thulasidas N./ P&CS in a survey that is planned soon through JwalaDhwani. Varun M./ QC Vino Varghese/ Manufacturing We appreciate the feedback from youngsters who have Edited & published by expressed their desire to know more about our company through Executive Director (HR) common platforms including the journal. In our endeavour to Editorial correspondences achieving that, we are bringing you highlights from across BPCL [email protected] businesses from this issue onwards. We also wish to inform our Design & Printed at retired friends that your creative contributions will also find a St.Francis Press, space in the journal. Please also follow us on our social media St.Benedict’s Road, Kochi platforms for real-time info and exciting engagements. Email: [email protected] Produced by Wishing you swach, shanth and sundar times ahead. Public Relations BPCL Kochi Refinery Warmly, Editor Mailing address Post Bag No. 2 Ambalamugal 682 302 Ernakulam District Kerala, India. Tel: 0484 2722061 Fax: 0484 2720856 The views expressed in JwalaDhwani are not necessarily those of the management. Member Association of Business Communicators of India. JwalaDhwani estd. in 1966 as CRL Newsletter. JULY 2018 For private circulation only. All rights reserved. V o l .LllI / 7 Reproduction in any form only with the written permission of the Editor. eJawalaDhwani awailable on ejournals at www.bharatpetroleum.in BPCL Kochi Refinery wins State Pollution Control Award PCL Kochi Refinery has won Bthe Kerala State Pollution Control Excellence Award instituted by Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for pollution control measures in the category of very large industries. Kochi Refinery is achieving this for the 12 consecutive year. Chief Labour Commissioner visits KR Mr. Prasad K Panicker, Executive Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala Kerala State Pollution Director (Kochi Refinery), Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan at a function Control Board (KSPCB), Mr. Damien Gracious, Chief held at Thiruvananthapuram on Mr. TA Thankappan, Member General Manager (HSE), 7 June 2018. Secretary (IC), KSPCB and Mr. ES Anilkumar and Mr. KG Dr. T N Seema, Vice Chairperson, Aji received the award on Mr. K Muraleedharan MLA, Haritha Keralam Mission were behalf of Kochi Refinery from Mr. K Sajeevan, Chairman, also present. KR P&CS Goes Live on eOffice He urged other departmental heads present in the meeting to adopt eOffice in their departments quickly and participate in this digital transformation project undertaken by the organization. Mr. Murali Madhavan Chief General Manager (Operations), he Digital File Management In his address, Mr. P. S. Mr. Pius Mathew, Chief General TSolution - eOffice Lite Ramachandran appreciated Manager, Project Finance, (eFile) – a was launched in the efforts put in by all in the Mr. A. K. Gidwani CGM, P&CS department of Kochi implementation of eOffice in KR Network, Security and Projects, Refinery (KR) on 14 June 2018 and pressed upon the need to Mr. L. L. Ramachandran, in the august presence of implement it at all levels within General Manager (Information Mr. P. S. Ramachandran ED KR, so that the benefits could Systems), Mr. Marcus Jacob, (Projects). be reaped by the entire KR staff. General Manager (P & CS), He mentioned that this is a new Mr. Sanjay Mehrishi, General The first digital approval note beginning in KR and will surely Manager IS Cloud Initiatives was created and digitally signed bring in more transparency and and Ms. Nair Monisha, CM in the eOffice application by accountability in the approval (IS Services) and other senior Mr. N. Thulasidas Officer (P&CS). processes. officials graced the occasion. wwwaaee @KochiR Pee P e HIGHLIGHTS Best Corporate Citizen Award for BPCL Kochi Refinery PCL Kochi Refinery has among large companies having 2017-18 on 18 June 2018. Five Bbagged the NIPM Kerala Best a minimum CSR budget above major CSR projects based on our Corporate Citizen Award for Rs.100 lakhs. thrust areas were showcased the second consecutive year. before the jury along with a The National Institute of Mr. Jayesh Shah, Executive summary of all the CSR activities Personnel Management (Kerala Director (HR), Mr. George including the contributions Chapter) instituted the award Thomas, General Manager of the CSR Volunteers club for identifying and recognizing (PR & Admn) and of Kochi Refinery that has the efforts of companies in Mr. Vineeth M Varghese, SM a wide representation from integrating and internalizing (PR & Admin) I/C along with among employees and family Corporate Social Responsibility the CSR team received the members. into their core business trophy and certificate from operations. Ms. Ancy Johnson, Manager (PR Mr. APM Mohammed Hanish IAS, & LW) and CSR Team members Managing Director, Kochi Metro Earlier BPCL Kochi Refinery Ms. Elizabeth Davis and Mr. PA Rail Ltd in Kochi on 23 June 2018. presented the various CSR Mohammed Nizar made the BPCL Kochi Refinery competed initiatives undertaken during FY presentation Off Gas Treater comes up for PDPP he Off Gas Treater (PDA-V-008) ID for bottom section, 2 m ID random packing beds. It treats Tcolumn is the second one out for top section, 188 MT weight the recycle gas to recover of eight columns to be erected and the material of construction the remaining acrylic acid of for the Acrylic Acid unit of PDPP. of shell, head, nozzle etc are the gas phase. With excellent The Off Gas Treater supplied by SS 316L. The Off Gas Treater support from civil, electrical and M/s Vijay Tanks and Vessels (P) which is part of the Acrylic rest of teams the column was up Ltd, Vadodara in two parts was Acid recovery section contains effortlessly. erected on 23 May 2018. The site joint fabrication was done by M/s VTV and erection was done by M/s Offshore Infrastructure Ltd. The main crane used was DEMAG CC 2600 – 550 MT with super lift and tailing crane used was SANY – 250 MT. The size and weight parameters of the column are 35.54 m length, 3.9 m JULY 2018 5 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS 120 kWp Solar Power Plant - BPCL Kochi Refinery’s gift to ‘Mother Nature’ 120 kWp Solar Power Plant in the presence of Mr. Prasad K Ahas been commissioned Panicker, ED I/C-Kochi Refinery, at Kochi Refinery. The power Mr. Ramachandran P S, ED Technical). plant atop VGO HDS Substation (Projects), Mr. Murali Madhavan was commissioned on World P, CGM (Operations), Mr. Mohanlal A, GM (P&U) Environment Day, 5 June 2018 Mr. Subramoni Iyer, CGM and Mr. Viswanathan K, DGM and was dedicated to ‘Mother (Technical), Mr. Damien (Electrical) spoke in detail about Nature’ on 8 June 2018, by Gracious K D , CGM (HSE) and the facility. The 120 kWp Solar Mr. Thampi P K, CGM (Technical) Mr. Ganesh P G, CGM (Project Plant is the third Grid Tie system to be commissioned in Kochi Refinery. The Other two being a 15 kWp and a 60 kWp. With the commissioning, the total capacity has been raised to 185 kWp, with several other projects in the pipeline. This solar power plant is expected to churn out a whopping 1,70,000 units of energy per year which would reduce around 127 Metric Tons of CO2. The plant also boasts of state of the art Core 1 Inverters from SMA. PDPP completes 10 million LTA free man hours eam PDPP achieved its first major HSE all round measures have been continuously taken to Tmilestone with the completion of 10 million imbibe a culture of safety at PDPP.