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{{Short description|Oil refinery in Mumbai, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{onesource|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox oil refinery
| name           = Bharat Petroleum Mumbai Refinery 
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| location_map       = India
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| coordinates    = {{coord|19.011939|N|72.860086 |E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| country        = India
| state          = [[Maharashtra]]
| city           = [[Wadala]] East, [[Mumbai]]
| operator       = [[Bharat Petroleum]]
| owner          = [[Bharat Petroleum]]
| founded        =  January 1955
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| capacity       =  12 (106 tonnes/y)
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| complexity_index = 21.1
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'''Bharat Petroleum Mumbai Refinery''' is an oil refinery located in [[Wadala]] East, [[Mumbai]], India.

== History ==
The refinery commenced operation in January 1955 under the ownership of Burmah-Shell Refineries Ltd.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-12-28 |title=Bharat Petroleum commissions Rs 1,419-crore crude distillation unit at Mumbai refinery |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/bharat-petroleum-commissions-rs-1419-crore-crude-distillation-unit-at-mumbai-refinery/articleshow/50355341.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-05-05 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> Following the Government's acquisition of the Burmah-Shell, name of the Refinery was changed to Bharat Refineries Limited on 1976. In August 1977, the company was given its permanent name, viz. [[Bharat Petroleum|Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)]].

The installed capacity of 5.25 million [[tonne]]s per year was increased to 6 million tonnes per year in 1985. The present refining capacity of the refinery is 6.9 million tonnes per year. It was expanded to 12 million tonnes per year in a Refinery Modernization Project undertaken by the company. The project added CDU/VDU, HCU, LOBS, HGU units in additions to the required utilities such as DG, Salt Water Systems etc.

==References==
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[[Category:Oil refineries in India]]
[[Category:Economy of Mumbai]]
[[Category:Bharat Petroleum buildings and structures]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Bombay State]]
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]
[[Category:Companies based in Maharashtra]]
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[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1955]]