Company: Chennai Petroleum Corpn. Ltd.
Ownership: Central Govt. - Commercial Enterprises
Project Location: Manali Refinery,Manali, Distt. Chengalpattu MGR, Tamil Nadu, India
Contact: A. Kasturi Rangan / GM - Operations  Secondary Contact: R Sankaran / GM - Projects
Project Status: Completed  Project Type/Scale: Substantial Expansion
Industry: Refinery
Investment/Estimated Cost: Rs. 2,360.38 Crores / USD 590.10 Million

Saturday, April 1, 1995	Date of announcement
Thursday, December 31, 1998	Initial commissioning date
Wednesday, August 11, 1999	PIB (Public Investment Board) approval received
Tuesday, July 11, 2000	CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs) approval received
Thursday, October 5, 2000	Foundation stone laid
Sunday, March 31, 2002	Expenses incurred till 1 (Rs. 421.40 Crores)
Sunday, June 30, 2002	Expenses incurred till 1 (Rs. 457.02 Crores)
Monday, March 31, 2003	Budgetary allocation (Rs. 985.00 Crores)
Thursday, July 31, 2003	Revised commissioning date
Thursday, December 4, 2003	Project bids awarded
Wednesday, December 31, 2003	Commercial production expected
Saturday, August 7, 2004	Completed

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•	Chennai Refinery Expansion	•	Crude Oil Storage Tanks	•	Desulphurisation
•	Diesel & Naptha Hydro Treating	•	Manali Captive Power	•	Manali Fccu Revamp
•	Manali Power	•	Nagapattinam Captive Jetty	•	Nagapattinam Refinery
•	Polypropylene	•	Residue Upgradation	•	Sea Water Desalination
•	Sewage Reclamation	•	Vaikkadu Lpg Stroage & Bulk Loading Facility	•	Wax Deoiling
•	Wax Hydrofinishing	•	Wind Power	•	Zero Discharge Plant
•	Zero Discharge Plant	•	Refinery Iii Phase Expansion	•	Chennai Sbm, Tank & Pipeline
•	Manali Refinery Co-Generation Power	•	Revamp Continuous Catalytic Reforming