| JUNE 2019 Energising BPCL Kochi Refinery Page - 16 Page - 10 Page - 07 Page - 21 Page - 39 Page - 04 Page - 06 Page - 20 Page - 25 Page - 04 Page - 05 Page - 18 Page - 24 PagePage - - 33 42 Page - 05 Page - 17 Page - 22 Page - 33 Page - 32 06 Project Highlights The adsorbers of PSA unit stands tall at MSBP Supporting Kerala Fire and Rescue Services DSO rich naphtha treatment facilities launch Team DYNAMO ERDMP drill at Puthuvypeen 10 People Retirement 04 Highlights Service Citation Kochi Refinery bags Chairman’s Award 17 Safety for HSSE 2017-18 Information Security Advisory Over 300 equipments erected at Acrylic Acid Unit 18 KROPEX - KR Operational Excellence Editor Jayesh Shah / ED (HR) ORIAL Associate Editor Kavitha Mathew/ HR EDIT 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 Turn a new leaf Resource Group Ankur K. Mishra/ Advisory Service ear on year, our effort is to innovate and also improve Anurag Sarma/ IREP Bijoy K. I./ Maint Yprocesses to enhance performance and productivity. Biju T. N./ Projects The effort may be of one individual or many, one team or Gopalakrishnan C. V./ HSE larger groups; but the focus is always on Excellence. BPCL Joseph Simon V. M./ Maint Krishnan T. B./ Maint as an organisation believes that for a business to excel, Latha Kamath / HR (Hindi) its greatest asset ‘People’ needs to excel. A destination Manojkumar T. S./ Finance called excellence is possible only when there is a culture Mohan Chandran K. C./ IS Muralikrishnadas V. G./ E&C of innovation and creativity. As a toast to that culture of Padmanabhan K./ Projects continual improvement, Kochi Refinery has launched Parameswer S./ HR KROPEX – KR Operational Excellence in Kochi Refinery, a Rajan C. K./ OM&S Ranjini Varma / CRS platform for employees to present their ideas that were Shaji P. Stephen/ IREP implemented in their functional area. KROPEX awards is to Balan P / P&U Subramanian K. P./ P&U recognize best ideas and the brains behind them. Suresh Babu/ OM&S Thulasidas N./ P&CS We are happy to share about an innovative platform in the Varun M./ QC Vino Varghese/ Manufacturing most important month of June. This month marks the first half of the calendar and the start of big journeys like the Edited & published by Executive Director (HR) new academic year and the monsoons. Most importantly, the 5th of June is celebrated as the World Environment Editorial correspondences [email protected] Day, a day the whole world pledges to think, plan and do a lot for the only planet we have. As part of the World Design & Printed at Environment Day, we are re-introducing the green-drive St.Francis Press, where all employees will be planting saplings across the St.Benedict’s Road, Kochi Email: [email protected] Refinery. This is in addition to various other dedicated efforts for energizing environment. Produced by Public Relations BPCL Kochi Refinery This month and next, our commitment throughout the year Mailing address will be to turn a new leaf! Post Bag No. 2 Ambalamugal 682 302 Warm regards Ernakulam District Kerala, India. Editor Tel: 0484 2722061 Fax: 0484 2720856 The views expressed in JwalaDhwani are not necessarily those of the manage- ment. Member Association of Business Communicators of India. JwalaDhwani estd. in 1966 as CRL Newsletter. For private circulation only. JUNE 2019 All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form only with the Vol. LVI/06 written permission of the Editor. eJwalaDhwani available in ejournals at www.bharatpetroleum.in HIGHLIGHTS Kochi Refinery bags Chairman’s Award for HSSE 2017-18 n behalf of Kochi Refinery, for Best Sustainability Reporting. to receive this recognition for OMr. Prasad K Panicker, The Special Award for the committed and sincere Executive Director (KR) I/C outstanding HSSE Activities has efforts made by each and every and the HSSE team led by Mr. been recently introduced, and member of the Refinery to sustain Babu Joseph, CGM (HSE) Kochi Kochi Refinery has bagged it for KR as a safe place to work. Refinery received the HSSE 2017- the implementation of PSM and In an appreciation note 18 award from our respected CSMS. CGM (HSE), Mr Babu Joseph, Chairman and Managing The HSSE Awards are instituted to expressed, “This award also Director, Mr. D Rajkumar at acknowledge and appreciate ushers higher responsibility in the Corporate HSSE Awards outstanding performance in each one of us, to maintain the ceremony on 10 May 2019. HSSE activities among SBUs HSSE performance that we have The awards we have together and entities and the winners pledged upon and to improve won for Kochi Refinery in the are selected after detailed it further, such that we emerge evaluation year 2017-18 include evaluation of measurable as Safety Ambassadors of the coveted Chairman’s Award parameters. Kochi Refinery BPCL Refineries. At this moment in Group Refineries of BPCL, is receiving the Chairman’s of pride, let us re-dedicate Special Award for Outstanding Award after a period of seven ourselves to making KR a ‘SAFER, HSSE Activities and the award years and it feels very special CLEANER and GREENER’ place.” Over 300 equipments erected at Acrylic Acid Unit eam PDPP entered into the final lap of mechanical Tcompletion activities with erection of over 300 equipments in the acrylic acid unit. All columns have now been erected in the unit and barring two pumps, all the balance equipment have been erected on the foundation by end of May. System wise completion activities have also commenced in the unit. Utility lines are being progressively handed over and cooling water circulation has commenced in the offsite lines. Steam blowing activities are also expected up to the unit battery limits in June. The entire team is energized towards mechanical completion of all units and facilities progressively by August 2019. www.bharatpetroleum.in @KochiR /BPCLKochiRefinery BPCL KR Online HIGHLIGHTS Adsorbers of PSA unit stands tall at MSBP he Motor Spirit Block Project International UAE LLC. Set of hydrogen, which is used T(MSBP) site is buzzing with 6 adsorber vessels, which is for hydrotreating and a Tail activities by all the three LSTK the heart of the polybed PSA gas stream which is further teams and various other service (Pressure swing adsorber) unit, in processed and sent to the fuel contract actors and sub- CCR was erected on respective gas network. contractors. foundations on 25 May. PSA MSBP team is expediting the Adsorber vessels each weighing The project has achieved an erection of equipment to 25 MT has been fabricated by overall physical progress of complete maximum jobs before M/s L&T Modular Fabrication 62.5% and is scheduled for the onset of the monsoon. With Facility, Hazira. mechanical completion by proactive measures to tide June 2020. The package job of The PSA unit purifies hydrogen- away the monsoon season, the NHT/CCR/Penex& Balance units rich feed gas producing a team is also getting ready to is being executed by Petrofac product stream of high purity welcome monsoon showers. Supporting Kerala Fire and Rescue Services ith monsoons setting in shortly, WBPCL Kochi Refinery extends a hand for strengthening State’s emergency preparedness. Mr. Babu Joseph, CGM (HSE), BPCL Kochi Refinery handed over underwater breathing apparatus sets to Mr. R Prasad, Director (Technical), Kerala Fire and Rescue Services in the presence of senior officials of BPCL Kochi Refinery safety team and Kerala Fire and Rescue Services. JUNE 2019 5 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS DSO rich naphtha treatment facilities launch he Di-Sulphide Oil (DSO) rich consultation with Licensor HTAS. the system was monitored and Naphtha treatment facilities found satisfactory. T The Di-Sulphide Oil (DSO) rich at DHDT unit was inaugurated Naphtha, generated from CDU- by Mr. B Rajeeve, GM(E&C) and As the proof of the process is in III and DCU is a feed to DHDT Mr. Raju Varghese, DGM(E&C) the result it produces, total slop unit and the streams were not on 15 May 2019. reduction of about 120 TPD has treated at DHDT as it contained been achieved by this treatment Slop Management was a Caustic (NaOH) that could facility. The scheme was driven challenge after the successful damage Reactor catalysts. The by Process engineering and the commissioning of IREP and as treatment facilities with a new every accomplishment starts vessel “IGV154” was designed successful implementation was with a decision to try, a process and commissioned in March a team effort by Manufacturing- scheme was developed in 2019 and the performance of II, Design, E&C & QC. www.bharatpetroleum.in @KochiR /BPCLKochiRefinery BPCL KR Online LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT Team DYNAMO ne of the major inputs Additionally the program aimed their job, help them to change Oreceived during our focus to motivate participants to take their personality and attitude, group discussions for finalizing on higher responsibilities and get more focused on results, training plan 2019-20 was a enable them to deliver better learn to work as team and need to organise a program results. understand the seeds for for engaging officers in Job success in corporate life. The Hence the workshop TEAM Group A, who have completed modules were highly interactive DYNAMO a flagship program 2 to 3 years in the organization. and the training methodology delivered by Mr. Shamim Rafeek The objectives of such an included role-plays that involve from M/s. Winner in You Training intervention is to help officers learning through doing, audio & Coaching Services, Kochi relate to their job with a sense visual presentation, activities, was organised by KR Learning of purpose, forge relationships management games, observing Centre team for our youngsters.