New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Visakh

HPCL's Visakh - Vijayawada - Secunderabad Pipeline (VVSPL) of 572 Km length with an installed capacity of 5.38 MMTPA has been recently expanded to 8 MMTPA with construction of 3 intermediate booster pump stations at MalleBhupalaPatnam near Narsipatnam (Visakha district, AP), Jeelakarragudem near Eluru (West Godavari District, AP) and Bogaram (Yadagiri district, Telangana). The project was completed within time and approved cost of Rs.407 Crores. This low cost expansion has been done to assist evacuation of ongoing Visakh Refinery Expansion project (from 8.3 MMTPA to 15 MMTPA) additional production.

During the visit of HPCL's Visakh Refinery on 09th November 2019, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleu...