India's Bharat Petroleum Corporation will shut a 120,000 barrel per day crude unit and some secondary units at its Mumbai refinery for maintenance in November, an industry source said on Monday.The state-run refiner initially planned to shut the units at the 200,000-bpd Mumbai refinery in western India in April, a company spokesperson said in an email response.Earlier, an industry source had said that the three to four week maintenance shutdown of units would happen in September-October.Indian refiners have delayed their refinery maintenance plans to meet local fuel demand, a government official said previously.
Bharat Petroleum to shut crude unit at Mumbai refinery in November
Bharat Petroleum Corporation will undertake maintenance at its Mumbai refinery in November. A 120,000 barrel per day crude unit and other secondary units will be shut down. This maintenance was initially planned for April. Indian refiners have been delaying such shutdowns to meet local fuel demand. The shutdown is expected to last three to four weeks.
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