The company is looking at expanding its Visakhapatnam Refinery from 8.33 million tonnes (mt) to 15 mt with a cost of Rs 20,900 crore, said Chairman and Managing Director MK Surana of HPCL.
The fire, which was put out immediately, resulted in the shutting down of a 3 million tonnes a year crude distillation unit (CDU) at the refinery, one of the officials said.