Brief Project Summary M/s. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has set up a bulk storage & dispatch facility of MS, HSD and SKO at BPCL Ongole Depot, N.H - 5, Stone No.281/4, Vallur P.O., Surareddypalem village, Tangatur mandal, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh. Products like MS, HSD and SKO are received from Vijayawada by train. The receipt products will then be pumped to the storage tanks. The petroleum product stored at BPCL Ongole POL Depot will be dispatched through tank lorry to retail outlets in Prakasham, parts of Nellore and Krishna districts. Now, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) proposes to construct 2 x 100 KL for bio-diesel, 1 x 100 KL and 1 x 20 KL above ground storage tanks for ethanol in addition to the existing petroleum storage tanks at Surareddypalem village, Tangatur mandal termed as BPCL Ongole POL depot, Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. Project Description BPCL Ongole Depot is operated by M/s. BPCL. The existing BPCL Ongole Depot is a petroleum product receipt, storage and distribution facility. The petroleum products handled by the existing BPCL Ongole Depot are MS, HSD and SKO. These products are received from Vijayawada by train. The receipt products will then be pumped to the storage tanks. The petroleum product stored at BPCL Ongole POL Depot will be dispatched through tank lorry to retail outlets in Prakasham, parts of Nellore and Krishna districts. The plant operations are categorized as, Receipt of product Transfer of product from Vijayawada by train. Train wagon unloaded through pipeline Product transfer to storage tanks Storage of products in tanks Receipt of empty Tank trucks Loading into Trucks Pumping of product to Tank Lorry filling Gantry Filling to Tank trucks for supply to market Retail outlets. Quality check on filled Lorries. Supply & distribution to markets (through Authorized Vendors) Resource Requirement Water Requirement: The water requirement for the workforce during the construction phase will be about 5 KLD which will be met from the private tankers. There is no additional water required for the proposed expansion project. The water requirement for the existing BPCL Ongole Depot is 10 KLD which is sourced from private tankers. Power Requirement: During construction, temporary DG set of 100 KVA shall be provided for a period of 6 months. During operation, there is no additional power requirement. Further standby diesel generators of capacity 1 X 500 kVA, 1 X 140 kVA and 1 X 250 kVA are already available in the existing BPCL POL Depot. Manpower Requirement: The total direct employment projection during construction phase is approximately 100 nos. at peak demand. No additional manpower during the operation phase is envisaged. At present there are 75 employees in the existing facility. Cost of the Project Total project cost for the proposed expansion is estimated to be about Rs. 2.43 Crores for the installation of proposed bio-diesel and ethanol tanks. Capital cost for environment protection is Rs. 10 lakhs and annual recurring cost is about Rs. 5 lakhs. .