Restoration work at Hindustan Petroleum’s a refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Rajasthan’s Balotra district, which caught fire before its inauguration earlier this week, is in progress and is expected to be completed in the next three to four weeks, the state-owned oil-marketing company informed in a social media post on Saturday evening (April 25, 2026).
It added that the crude distillation unit, which is the primary unit of any refinery, is expected to restart in the “second fortnight of May this year” whilst the other secondary units are already at an advanced stage of commissioning as planned.
“The restoration work is in progress, and it is expected to get completed in the next 3-4 weeks,” the refiner’s social media post read, adding, “CDU restart is anticipated in the second fortnight of May 2026. The other secondary units are already under an advanced stage of commissioning as per plan.”
Rajasthan refinery fire to have no material impact on financials: HPCL
Further, the refiner informed that the trial production of liquified petroleum products, motor spirit, high-speed diesel and naphtha is expected to start during May this year. Thereafter, the units would be stabilised and/or commissioned.
