| NOV 2019 Energising BPCL Kochi Refinery Page - 07 Page - 12 Page - 19 Page - 06 Page - 11 Page - 25 Page - 05 Page - 10 Page - 16 Page - 24 Page -09 Page - 23 Page - 04 Page - 14 Page - 30 Page - 22 Page - 08 Page - 13 Page - 29 Page - 20 Page - 26 06. 150 years of celebrating the Mahathma 18. People Remembering the Mahatma…. Service Citations National campaign on “say no to plastic” 20. Travelogue goes live Grand Canyons of India beckons International Tom Joseph flags off the 22. Young Minds Swachhata Cycle Rally by Kochi Refinery CR School pays respects to the Mahatma Coastal Clean up with Indian Coast Guard Solar student ambassador programme 12. Highlights 24. ʽþxnùÒ Mock Drill at STF, Puthuvypeen Eèò±ÉɶÉ-¨ÉÉxɺɮúÉä´É®ú-ªÉÉjÉÉ º¨É®úhÉ New CCTVs introduced for security coverage MÉÖ¯ûVÉÒ iÉä®úÉä |ÉhÉÉ¨É 13. Accolades 26. aebmfw 02. Highlights Best-In-Class Supply Chain and Procurement Diversity Initiative” award C´ybpsS IpXn¸nsâ DuÀÖw Director (Refineries) inaugurates PSM National Seminar Team Maintenance champions of {]IrXnbpw a\pjy\pw Hindi Fortnight 2019 30. Health WGC2 at FCCU revamped with minimum shut-down 14 Spirit of Mani Bhavan World AIDS Day 16. Aayudha Pooja Editor Jayesh Shah / ED (HR) TORIAL Associate Editor Kavitha Mathew/ HR EDI 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 Remembering the Mahatma Ankur K. Mishra/ Advisory Service Anurag Sarma/ IREP Bijoy K. I./ Maint s we pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi, an icon Biju T. N./ Projects Aof Non-Violence and Truth, we remember him with Gopalakrishnan C. V./ HSE deep gratitude for gifting us a Nation to love and serve, Joseph Simon V. M./ Maint Krishnan T. B./ Maint as our own. We as a community have a lot to learn from Latha Kamath / HR (Hindi) him for delivering a Nation he dreamt of. Manojkumar T. S./ Finance Mohan Chandran K. C./ IS We pay our respectful tributes to the world leader as we Muralikrishnadas V. G./ E&C th Padmanabhan K./ Projects join the 150 Birth Anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Parameswer S./ HR Gandhi. In the observance for a period of two years Rajan C. K./ OM&S from October 2nd 2019, Bharat Petroleum under the Rachel Thomas / CRS Shaji P. Stephen/ IREP aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas is also Balan P / P&U celebrating by organizing various activities. This issue is Subramanian K. P./ P&U dedicated to The Mahatma and we bring you updates Suresh Babu/ OM&S Thulasidas N./ P&CS of the events and initiatives at Kochi Refinery. Varun M./ QC Vino Varghese/ Manufacturing Along with the top-highlights of the Refinery, we have Edited & published by also included special reports of the Swachhata Mission Executive Director (HR) that concluded at Kochi Refinery and our active participation for the National mission to avoid single Editorial correspondences [email protected] use plastics. Upon request from our readers we have also featured a special update about Petrochemicals Design & Printed at in Malayalam. St. Francis Press, St. Benedict’s Road, Kochi Email: [email protected] The life of the Mahatma remains an open book for generations after generations. Let us echo his thoughts Produced by Public Relations for our Nation and keep walking with him. BPCL Kochi Refinery Warm regards Mailing address Editor 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 manage- ment. Member Association of Business Communicators of India. JwalaDhwani estd. in 1966 as CRL Newsletter. For private circulation only. NOV 2019 All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form only with the Vol. LIV/11 written permission of the Editor. eJwalaDhwani available in ejournals at www.bharatpetroleum.in HIGHLIGHTS Director (Refineries) inaugurates PSM National Seminar Gabhane, Director General, The seminar at BPCL Learning Process safety and National Safety Council of India, Centre, Kochi on 8 November improvements Mr. Prasad K Panicker, ED, (Kochi 2019 served as a platform for and innovations in Refinery) and Mr. C J Iyer, ED experts in Process Safety and (Mumbai Refinery). Operators of Petroleum Refineries Mechanical Integrity in India to deliberate on crucial and Quality Assurance, Mr. Gabhane, Director General, areas of asset design, installation, NSCI, delivered the keynote are key factors in operations and maintenance address where he appreciated throughout its life cycle. The ever improving reliability the initiatives of Kochi Refinery increasing role of contractors in and operational for propagating the importance managing the units and assets excellence,” of safety. He also assured full also mandates higher focus on support and cooperation for contractor safety. The seminar - Mr. R Ramachandran, enhancing the scope and reach that intended to propagate Director (Refineries). of such seminars to empower Process safety as a stimulant for more PSM practitioners. Operational Excellence, Reliability naugurating the 2nd National Mr. Prasad K Panicker, who and Innovation had nominees ISeminar on Process Safety presided over the function, from BPCL group Refineries, Safety Management; Vistas on Asset shared about the PSM journey & Engineering consultants, PSM Integrity & Contractor Safety and the vision of transforming experts and PSM professionals organised by Kochi Refinery, Mr. Kochi Refiinery as one of the from private sector refineries. safest places to work. Earlier Ramachandran also stressed on Experts from Refineries, Consultants Mr. Babu Joseph, CGM(HSE) the importance of Contractor and IIT Professors were amongst welcomed the gathering. Mr. Safety, as contractors are the distinguished speakers. C J Iyer, felicitated and Mr. M an integral part of refinery Presentations and experience- operations and maintenance. K Ramachandran, GM (PSM) sharing also made the platform He inaugurated the seminar proposed the vote of thanks at relevant to participants that in the presence of Mr. Lalit R the inaugural ceremony. included process engineers, safety engineers, asset integrity managers, process safety managers and heads of operations. In addition to appreciating Process Safety Management from different perspectives, the seminar also aimed at adding momentum to the PSM Vision 2020 which is in its last phase of implementation at Kochi Refinery. www.bharatpetroleum.in @KochiR /BPCLKochiRefinery BPCL KR Online HIGHLIGHTS WGC2 at FCCU revamped with minimum shut-down he Wet Gas Compressor 2 BHEL supplied the VFD, 2.5 MW High energy saving and T(WGC2) at the FCC Unit Motor and Gear Box. of Kochi Refinery has been marginal increase in The challenges at hand for a converted into an electric driven capacity of WGC2 are transformation inside a fully facility for enhanced efficiency operational refinery were the direct outcomes of and increased savings. The plenty but they were overcome Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) the revamp that was with smart planning and controlled electric motor, has executed at Rs.18 Crores. coordination. Shut-down of only been introduced as an energy With electricity addition the target WGC2 was taken for conservation (Encon) project the extension of the foundation of 20,865,600 KWh and here at Kochi Refinery with a table top and pedestal without projected annual savings of Rs. 8 Steam Reduction of 131040 removing the compressor. crores. With smart planning, the Tonnes, the annual savings Relatively newer technology WGC2 has been revamped with (TOE/year) is 2610. The of chemical anchoring was minimum shut-down inside a fully adopted and to save on curing energy consumption in running Plant. time, epoxy based grouting tonnes of oil equivalent Mr. Prasad K Panicker, Executive was used for foundation bolt (TOE) that was 7009 Director (Kochi Refinery) switched grouting. earlier is 4399 post this on the transformed WGC2 in the “Our team could deliver this in presence of Mr. Murali Madhavan transformation. 125 days inside a fully running P, ED (Refinery Operations), plant. We are happy that we transformation included M/s Mr. M R Subramoni Iyer, CGM could meet the target on time Saju Thomas, (Project Manager), (Operations & Commissioning), and do it without incidents of Arun T K, (Mechanical Lead), Mr. Mohanlal A, CGM (Engg. any kind,” shared Mr. Georgi Krishna Rao P, (Civil Lead), & Advisory Services), Mr. RJ Varkey Abraham, DGM Libinment S and Pralhad Kumar S Sampath Kumar, GM (Engg. & (Engineering & Construction). (Instrumentation) and Sammeta Construction) and the project The team that delivered the Sai Saran (Electrical). members on 29 September 2019. The revamp process included dismantling of steam turbine, surface condenser and accessories, extension of the foundation and shed, erection and alignment of second half base frame with gear box and motor, modification of compressor control instrumentation in ITCC, installation of VFD and replacement of FCC 11kV switchboard. Technology partner NOV 2019 5 REMEMBERING THE MAHATMA Remembering the Mahatma…. We can call ourselves proud citizens of the land of The Mahatma. Mahatma Gandhi’s steadfast belief in non-violence and his life principles is what made him unique. To some he was a guru to others a leader and to the world, an icon of Non-Violence and Truth. es! Each one of us can call political views, the world has One would see Gandhian Yourselves proud citizens of much to receive from this small philosophy as a double-edged the land of The Mahatma.In his man of giant ideologies. weapon. It transforms not only times, there was no social media the individual but also the nor internet to connect instantly Gandhiji’s faith in self-belief society simultaneously. Those with countless people. But his was unshakeable. Perhaps it who lived in his era, takes pride principles and the truths that was this faith that took us to a in having walked on the planet he believed in, were life lessons, free India, through his steadfast at the same time he did.