Refinery production during May, 2019 was 21577.85 TMT which is 0.51% lower than the target for the month and 2.98% lower when compared with May, 2018. Cumulative production during April-May, 2019 was 42280.91 TMT which is 1.61% higher than the target for the period and 0.44% higher than the production during corresponding period of last year. Company-wise production for the month of May, 2019 and cumulatively for the period April-May, 2019 vis-à-vis same period of last year has been shown in Table-1 and month-wise in Figure-1.
Table 1: Refinery Production (TMT)
Figure 3: Monthly Refinery Production
CPSE Refineries’ production during May, 2019 was 11896.24TMT which is 3.63% lower than the target for the month and 7.01%lowerwhen compared with May, 2018.Cumulative production by CPSE refineries during April-May, 2019 was 23159.56 TMT which is 3.54% lower than the target for the period and5.19% lower than the production during corresponding period of last year. Reasons for shortfall of refinery production in some CPSE refineries are as under:
- HPCL, Mumbai: Lower due to planned shutdown of secondary units.
- HPCL, Visakh: Lower due to crude mix impact.
- CPCL, Manali: Lower due to non-receipt of crude vessel at oil jetty BD-3 owing to repair work by Chennai Port.
- NRL, Numaligarh: Lower due to lower crude receipt.
- MRPL, Mangalore: Lower due to restrictions in supply of water to refinery.
Production in JV refineries during May, 2019 was 1787.38TMT which is 12.56% higher than the target for the month and 5.67% higher when compared with May, 2018. Cumulative production by JVs refineries during April-May, 2019 was 3509.03 TMT which is 12.25% higher than the target for the period and 9.93% higher than the production during corresponding period of last year.
Production in private refineries during May, 2019 was 7894.24 TMT which is higher by 1.77% than the target both for the month and corresponding month of last year. Cumulative production by private refineries during April-May, 2019 was 15612.32 TMT which is higher by 7.87% than the target and corresponding period of last year.
