Refinery

HPCL Visakhapatnam

HPCL ·Visakhapatnam, IN ·NSE:HINDPETRO ·v1.1

A 166,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Visakhapatnam, IN, operated by HPCL. Nelson Complexity 9.

Record

Rated capacity
166,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
Nelson Complexity Index
9
Status
Operating
Operator
HPCL
Parent
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (NSE:HINDPETRO)
Supplier graph
bomforge.com/companies/hpcl-visakhapatnam
Coordinates
17.7300, 83.3000

What coverage reports

122 days since one was reported

HPCL says hydrocarbon leak triggered fire at Rajasthan refinery site
2026-04-21 · 3 publishers filed it

4 reported in 12 months

incident 3 · conflict 1

2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

28 records4 Apr 2002 to 21 Apr 2026Incident 12 · General 12 · Expansion 3 · Conflict 1
  1. Incident High
    HPCL refinery fire in Rajasthan: Oil Ministry sets up high-level panel for probe
    MSN · matched visakhapatnam
  2. Incident High
    HPCL Refinery Fire: No Material Impact Expected
    Rediff MoneyWiz · matched visakhapatnam
  3. Incident High
    HPCL says hydrocarbon leak triggered fire at Rajasthan refinery site
    The Economic Times · matched visakhapatnam
  4. Incident High
    Fire Erupts At Rajasthan's HPCL Refinery Ahead Of PM Modi's Launch Event
    The Times of India · matched visakhapatnam
  5. General Low
    HPCL commissions 3.55 MMTPA Residue Upgradation Facility at Visakhapatnam refinery
    Dailyhunt · matched visakhapatnam
  6. General Low
    Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri hails HPCL's Rajasthan Refinery's refining and processing capabilities
    ANI News · matched visakhapatnam
  7. General Critical
    APL Shuts Visakhapatnam Petrochemical Plant
    Chemical Industry Digest · matched visakhapatnam
  8. General Critical
    Andhra Petrochemicals halts Visakhapatnam plant operations as HPCL stops propylene supply
    ET EnergyWorld + 1 other outlet · matched visakhapatnam
  9. General Low
    HPCL Commissions India’s First Residue Upgradation Facility at Visakhapatnam Refinery, Boosting Distillate Output by 10%
    Indianmasterminds + 2 other outlets · matched visakhapatnam
  10. General Low
    HPCL commissions 3.55 MMTPA Residue Upgradation Facility at Visakhapatnam refinery
    ANI News + 2 other outlets · matched visakhapatnam
  11. Incident High
    HPCL's Visakhapatnam Refinery Back to Normal Operation After Fire Incident
    Industrial Info Resources · matched visakhapatnam
  12. General Low
    HPCL Invites Bids for Engineering Services for Visakhapatnam Refinery BOP Project
    Chemical Industry Digest · matched visakhapatnam
  13. General Low
    HPCL invites bids for engineering services for balance of plant at Visakhapatnam refinery
    Projects Today · matched visakhapatnam
  14. Conflict High
    Lightning Strike Sparks Massive Fire At Visakhapatnam Petrochemical Plant
    ETV Bharat · matched visakhapatnam
  15. Incident High
    Navy helps fight fire at Visakhapatnam petrochemical facility
    WION · matched visakhapatnam
  16. General Low
    Ocior Bags Green Hydrogen Contract for HPCL’s Visakhapatnam Refinery
    Chemical Industry Digest + 1 other outlet · matched visakhapatnam
  17. Expansion Low
    HPCL to construct Rs 2,212 cr pipeline from Visakhapatnam to Raipur
    Yo Vizag · matched visakhapatnam
  18. Incident High
    Visakhapatnam: Two workers injured at DRH SRU unit of HPCL
    ANI News · matched visakhapatnam
  19. General Low
    Godrej Process Equipment Builds its Largest Equipment for High-Quality BS-VI Visakhapatnam Refinery
    energetica-india.net + 2 other outlets · matched visakhapatnam
  20. Incident High
    Fire breaks out at HPCL plant in Visakhapatnam
    Construction World India · matched visakhapatnam
  21. Incident High
    Andhra Pradesh: Fire at HPCL Plant in Visakhapatnam, No Injuries Reported
    India.Com · matched visakhapatnam
  22. Incident High
    Major fire breaks out at HPCL Visakhapatnam plant
    Business Today + 7 other outlets · matched visakhapatnam
  23. Expansion Low
    HPCL deploys Honeywell solution to upgrade Visakhapatnam refinery
    Tech Observer Magazine · matched visakhapatnam
  24. General Low
    HPCL looking out for JY partner for its Visakhapatnam refinery
    ProjectsMonitor · matched visakhapatnam
  25. Incident High
    Visakhapatnam: Toll in HPCL refinery fire rises to four, five workers still missing
    NDTV · matched visakhapatnam
  26. Incident High
    Fire kills two in Visakhapatnam's HPCL refinery, 37 injured
    Firstpost · matched visakhapatnam
  27. Expansion Low
    HPCL to expand Visakhapatnam refinery capacity by 2015-16
    Projects Today · matched visakhapatnam
  28. General Low
    Visakhapatnam-Secunderabad pipeline becomes operational
    Projects Today · matched visakhapatnam

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