BPCL Re-routes Mumbai - Manmad Pipeline in course to make Mumbai Safer

~This pipeline has been a lifeline for BPCL Mumbai Refinery as it evacuates more than 80% of Diesel and Petrol produced by the Refinery. Mumbai-Manmad Pipeline, over the years~

Mumbai, April 23, 2021: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company has recently re-routed forty eight kilometers length of the 252 kilometers long, 18 inch diameter pipeline connecting the Mumbai Refinery with Manmad Fuel Installation. Over the last 20 years when this pipeline was laid, infrastructural development, including residential buildings had come up around it, making it inaccessible for repairs and risk to the lives in the vicinity.

This pipeline has truly been a lifeline for BPCL Mumbai Refinery as it evacuates more than 80% of Diesel and Petrol produced by the Refinery. Mumbai-Manmad Pipeline, over the years, have been extended up to Delhi, passing through Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi and supplies Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene etc. to the interior of the country.

Build at a cost of Rs 450 Crores and generating 273,000 mandays of employment, the re-routed section was commissioned by Shri. Arun Kumar Singh, Director (Marketing) and Director (Refineries), BPCL yesterday. The company has extended gratitude to the Government of Maharshtra, MSRDC, BMC, KDMC, TMC for their support.

About Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL):

A Fortune Global 500 Company, Bharat Petroleum is the second largest Indian Oil Marketing Company and one of the premier integrated energy companies in India, engaged in refining of crude oil and marketing of petroleum products, with a significant presence in the upstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. The company attained the coveted Maharatna status, joining the elite club of companies having greater operational & financial autonomy.

Bharat Petroleum’s Refineries at Mumbai & Kochi and subsidiary Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd., at Bina, Madhya Pradesh have a combined refining capacity of around 37 MMTPA. Its marketing infrastructure includes network of installations, depots, retail outlets, aviation service stations and LPG distributors. Its distribution network comprises around 18,000 Retail Outlets, 6,600 LPG distributorships, 733 Lubes distributorships, 123 POL storage locations, 52 LPG Bottling Plants, 58 Aviation Service Stations, 3 Lube blending plants and 4 cross-country pipelines.

With a focus on sustainable solutions, the company is developing a vibrant ecosystem. Bharat Petroleum has been partnering communities by supporting innumerable initiatives connected primarily in the areas of education, water conservation, skill development, health, community development, capacity building and employee volunteering. With ‘Energising Lives’ as its core purpose, Bharat Petroleum’s vision is to be the most admired global energy company leveraging talent, innovation & technology.