{"id":16715,"date":"2026-01-28T04:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=16715"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T04:31:07","slug":"indias-hpcl-seeks-venezuelan-crude-to-boost-heavy-oil-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/16715\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s HPCL Seeks Venezuelan Crude to Boost Heavy Oil Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\"><p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0India\u2019s state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) is <span class=\"converted-anchor\" data-reader-unique-id=\"2\">planning<\/span> to import Venezuelan crude oil for the first time to expand its activities in the processing of heavier grades in its new fiscal year (FY) beginning in April, Chairman Vikas Kaushal said.<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"3\">Indian refiners are evaluating Venezuelan crude supplies being marketed by trading houses Vitol and Trafigura under a U.S.-mandated sales mechanism following Washington\u2019s recent action against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"4\"><span data-reader-unique-id=\"5\">HPCL aims to enhance operational flexibility by leveraging two new facilities\u2014the residue upgrading unit at its Vizag refinery and the Barmer refinery in Rajasthan\u2014allowing it to raise heavy crude processing. The company has not previously processed Venezuelan oil but is now actively considering it as part of this strategy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"6\"><span data-reader-unique-id=\"7\">The refinery expects to begin crude processing at its 180,000 barrels per day Barmer refinery by the end of the month, a move that would make HPCL India\u2019s second-largest state-run refiner after Indian Oil Corp, overtaking Bharat Petroleum Corp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"8\"><span data-reader-unique-id=\"9\">Kaushal said HPCL has recently purchased Brazilian Tupi crude and increased its intake of West African oil, while avoiding sanctioned Russian crude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-reader-unique-id=\"10\"><span data-reader-unique-id=\"11\">HPCL currently operates a 190,000 b\/d refinery in Mumbai and a 300,000 b\/d refinery in Vizag. The company also owns a 48.99% stake in HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd, which runs the 226,000 b\/d Bathinda refinery in Punjab. HPCL Mittal is in the process of expanding the Bathinda facility\u2019s capacity by 10,000 b\/d.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-date no-social-btn post-updated\">Updated on<time class=\"updated dt-updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\" datetime=\"2026-01-28T04:31:07+00:00\"> 28 January 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India\u2019s state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) is planning to import Venezuelan crude oil for the first time to expand its activities in the processing of heavier grades in its new fiscal year (FY) beginning in April, Chairman Vikas Kaushal said.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,46,36,19,16,35],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-16715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-international","category-lastnews","category-news","category-oil","category-topnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16715"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=16715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}