Research and Development (R&D)

R&D wing is being established for carrying out process related research, catalyst evaluation and development of polypropylene products. Memorandum of collaboration has been signed with National institute of Technology, Surathkal, Karnataka for carrying out collaborative research, related to process, operation, product development etc.

Quality Control Laboratory

Quality Control Laboratory in the Refinery is established under Technical Services Department. The main objective of the Laboratory is to provide analytical assistance to all the Units, round the clock, in addition to product certification. It is responsible for exercising a strict control over the quality of the products produced and dispatched. The activities of laboratory are categorized as follows:

• Raw Material Analysis:
• Intermediate sample analysis from all the processing Units.
• Finished product analysis and certification as per specified standards or customer specific standard.
• Utility Units (Raw water and DM water treatment plant samples, Boiler water, cooling water samples, Plant and Instrument Air samples and nitrogen samples).
• Wastewater treatment plants and Treated Effluent samples.
• Plant bulk Chemicals analysis.
• Ambient Air Quality and Weather monitoring.
• Scale and Deposit sample analysis.
• Research & Development.
• Investigation and failure analysis

The Laboratory is equipped with the most modern fully automatic and sophisticated instruments. Standard test methods of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Institute of Petroleum (IP)/ ISO, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Universal Oil Products (UOP), USA,. Shell International BV (SMS) etc are adopted.

The Laboratory is duly certified by ISO 9001-2004 for Quality Management System, ISO/IEC 17025-2005 (NABL) ("Quality System for competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories"). Laboratory participates in International / National inter-Laboratory proficiency testing scheme and round robin tests.

This Laboratory is approved by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Aviation Ministry, Center for Military airworthiness and certification (CEMILAC) and Directorate General Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA), Ministry of Defence, for Aviation Turbine Fuel Testing and Certification. Laboratory facilities were inspected and approved by Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals (DGS&D) in connection with products registration. Laboratory is headed by General Manager (Quality Control, R&D) assisted by Manager (Quality Control), Dy Managers (Quality Control), Laboratory Supervisors, Chemists and General workmen.