Vadinar Oil Terminal Ltd (VOTL) is an integrated oil terminal situated at Vadinar with a capacity of 58 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) and handles crude oil and petroleum products.[1]
History
India’s first unloading Single Point Mooring (SPM) at Indian Oil Corporation was commissioned in 1978.[2]
Description
Essar commissioned the Vadinar Oil Terminal Ltd (VOTL) and is currently operated by Nayara Energy, in 2006.[3]
Strategically located at the southern tip of the Gulf of Kutch, VOTL is a 58-MMTPA facility consisting of a marine terminal; crude, product and intermediate storage tankage of over 3 million cubic metre capacity, and rail and road gantries with 13 kms of railway siding. These facilities are critical for the successful operation of Essar’s 20 MTPA Vadinar Refinery.[4]
Expansion
Russia oil giant Rosneft-led Nayara Energy, formerly Essar Oil, is planning to add a Single Point Mooring (SPM) facility at Vadinar port in Gujarat at a cost of Rs 500 crore to handle additional requirement of crude oil. [5]
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- ↑ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/panel-defers-green-nod-to-essar-firms-expansion-project/articleshow/49308838.cms
- ↑ https://www.livemint.com/industry/energy/indias-first-spm-facility-at-indianoil-vadinar-berths-the-6-000th-oil-tanker-11666019888130.html
- ↑ https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ruias-sell-essar-oil-vadinar-port-for-rs-86-100-crore-116101500711_1.html
- ↑ https://www.asianage.com/business/companies/240617/ib-home-ministry-red-flag-essar-rosneft-deal.html
- ↑ https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/nayara-energy-plans-to-add-jetty-at-vadinar-port-at-a-cost-of-rs-500-crore/71471888
