BPCL crosses 5 Million Metric ton mark in Petcoke dispatch
The DCU and a coke handling storage (CHS) facility were put up as part of the Integrated Refinery Expansion Project at a cost of Rs 16,500 Crores.

New Delhi: With the 1511th rake that was flagged off from Kochi Refinery by Executive Director Mr. Abhai Raj Singh Bhandari, in the presence of Trivandrum Divisional Railway Manager, Mr. S M Sharma and Chief Freight Transportation Manager, Southern Railways, Mr. R Murugaraj on 23 August 2023, Bharat Petroleum crossed the milestone of 5 million metric tons of Petcoke dispatch.
From Kochi Refinery, Mr. Sankar M, Chief General Manager (Operations), Ms. Vandana D, State Head (I&C) TN1 and Mr. Shukla SK, General Manager (Oil Movement & Storage) along with Mr Puneet Kalhan, Director (Services), Thyssenkrupp were also present in addition to senior officials from Indian Railways, and Ramco Cements.
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The DCU and a coke handling storage (CHS) facility were put up as part of the Integrated Refinery Expansion Project at a cost of Rs 16,500 Crores.
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The CHS at Kochi Refinery is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the country and comprises of a state-of-the-art Petcoke storage dome of 78,000 MT, three (3) pipe conveyors, seven (7) trough conveyors, two (2) rake loading silos and a Petcoke crusher with a rated capacity of 650 MT per hour.
The first coke was cut on 14 June 2017 and the first rake of Petcoke from KR Coker was flagged off on 6 July 2017.
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