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The CBR Oil Jetty, set up at a cost of Rs.96 crore for CPCL’s Cauvery Basin Refinery (CBR) was inaugurated by Shri Ram Naik, Hon’ble Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas on March 1, 2003. Shri A.K.S.Vijayan, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, presided over the inaugural function. Shri Santosh Gangwar, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, was the Chief Guest. Shri R.Jeevanantham, Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture, Government of Tamilnadu and Shri R.Viswanathan, Hon’ble Minister for Transport, Government of Tamilnadu were the Guests of Honour. Shri M.S. Ramachandran, Chairman, IndianOil Group Companies, was present. Shri S.Rammohan, former CMD, CPCL, was also present as a special guest. Mr.S.V.Narasimhan, Managing Director, welcomed the gathering. Mr.K.Narayanan, Director (Operations), proposed a vote of thanks.

While addressing the gathering, Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas advised that the jetty would be suitably named and in this regard he invited public to suggest suitable name within 15 days. He also added that the person whose suggested name is finally approved will be suitably rewarded.

The replies can be sent to:
Chief Manager (Public Relations)
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited
536, Anna Salai
Teynampet, Chennai - 600 018.
The replies may also be sent to : pro@cpcl.co.in


The commissioning of the Oil Jetty will enable CBR to process more crude oil and run to full capacity of 1.0 MMTPA subject to economics. The Oil Jetty can also be utilised for transhipment of petroleum products.

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