HPCL shuts Vizag refinery for cyclone MUMBAI, Oct 13: Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) shut its 166,000-barrels-per-day refinery in the port city of Visakhapatnam on Sunday morning as a "precautionary measure" against cyclone Hudhud, its head of refineries said.
"Some minor disturbance is there which needs to be corrected. Normally, it will take another three to four days to come back on line to full capacity," said B.K. Namdeo, HPCL's director (refineries).
The city, known to locals as Vizag, was hammered as the cyclone made landfall on Sunday, with gusts of up to 195 km per hour (over 120 mph), damaging buildings and killing at least five people despite a major evacuation effort.
Namdeo said the refinery, which employs close to 1,200, did not face any major damage except for some impact on the drainage systems and some uprooted trees.
News Posted: 13 October, 2014
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