Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Naidu Fast-Tracks BPCL’s Ultra-Mega Ramayapatnam Refinery Project Plan
Andhra Pradesh wants BPCL to build a very large refinery near Ramayapatnam Port.
The refinery would process nine million tonnes of crude oil each year.
It could cost about Rs 1.45 lakh crore.
The project would make fuels such as petrol, diesel and aviation fuel.
It would also make petrochemical products used by factories.
Most of the land needed for the project has already been given to BPCL.
The remaining land is expected to be provided in October.
Naidu also wants a nearby park where companies can make more chemical products.
He said India will need more petrochemicals as cities and manufacturing grow.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed BPCL to accelerate its proposed refinery-cum-petrochemical complex near Ramayapatnam Port.
The greenfield project is planned between Prakasam and Nellore districts with nine million tonnes per annum of refining capacity and an estimated investment of Rs 1.45 lakh crore.
Final environmental clearance is expected by the end of September, while construction is expected to begin after the investment cost is finalised in October.
About 75 per cent of the 6,000 acres required for the project has been handed over, with the remaining land expected by the second week of October.
Naidu proposed a 1,500-acre downstream petrochemicals park focused on chemical feedstocks and advanced materials rather than fuel production alone.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, BPCL chairman and managing director Sanjay Khanna, BPCL and Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation officials.
- What
- They discussed expediting a nine-million-tonne-per-year greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex and developing a downstream petrochemicals park.
- When
- The meeting took place on Wednesday; environmental clearance is expected by the end of September, investment costs in October, and construction thereafter.
- Where
- Near Ramayapatnam Port, between Prakasam and Nellore districts in Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- Naidu said rising urbanisation and manufacturing growth would increase demand for petrochemicals, chemical feedstocks and advanced materials.
- Refining capacity
- Nine million tonnes per annum.
- Estimated investment
- About Rs 1.45 lakh crore; the final cost is expected to be determined in October.
- Planned fuel output
- About 5.4 million tonnes of motor spirit, high-speed diesel and aviation turbine fuel.
- Planned petrochemical output
- Around 3.2 million tonnes of other petrochemical products.
- Land requirement
- Approximately 6,000 acres, with 75 per cent already handed over to BPCL.
- Downstream park
- A proposed 1,500-acre petrochemicals park to be planned jointly by BPCL and APIIC.
- Expected by-products
- HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride.
- Environmental clearance
- Expected by the end of September.
