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CPCL’s second refinery is located at Cauvery Basin at Nagapattinam. The initial unit was set up with a capacity of 0.5 MMTPA in 1993 and later revamped to 1.0 MMTPA. Company proposes to set up a grass root refinery of 9 MMTPA capacity on Joint venture basis at the same location, after dismantling the existing refinery. The Detailed Feasibility Report (DFR) for the new refinery project has been completed. The refinery will produce LPG, BS VI quality gasoline & Diesel and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF). The project also includes a Polypropylene unit as part of petrochemical integration, with potential to further increase production of petrochemicals in future. Single Point Mooring (SPM) & Desalination plant are envisaged for crude import and refinery water requirement respectively.