HMEL Selects IBM as Technology Partner for Punjab Refinery

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IBM announced that HPCL- Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, an Indian government-owned enterprise.

IBM announced that HPCL- Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, an Indian government-owned enterprise, and Mittal Energy Investments Pte Ltd, Singapore, a Lakshmi N Mittal Group Company, has selected IBM as its strategic partner in the design and implementation of a state-of-the-art Manufacturing Execution System (MES) for their zero residue refinery.

HMEL is investing more than US$4 billion to build the green refinery, which will be able to process 180,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Located in Bathinda, Punjab, the energy efficient, environment-friendly, high distillate yielding complex refinery on commissioning shall produce clean fuels and polypropylene by processing all types of crudes.

Being a green-field venture, HMEL needed business processes and applications to commission and operate the grass-roots refinery and allied facilities.

Through the 1.5 year, multi-million dollar ag

reement, IBM will integrate all of HMELs operations, ranging from manufacturing to marketing and distribution. Having a single, unified view of business operations and access to real-time information across all systems will help HMEL operate the new refinery with maximum efficiency and return on investments, and improve decision making in such areas as energy and quality management, planning and scheduling, trade and risk management, and physical security.

It is critical for HMEL to establish processes that help the company get a single, comprehensive view of its operations and also bring in greater efficiency into the system,\" said Richard Dirckx, Vice President (Operations), HMEL. \"IBM understood our needs and has the global expertise, knowledge repositories of leading practices, processes and key performance indicators to support our goal of becoming one of the smartest refineries in the world. In fact, HMEL will be among only a handful of refineries to start operat

ions with the full suite of MES applications, he added.

HMEL will use business intelligence and performance management software, including performance dashboards, to monitor performance, set targets, and optimize resources.

It is an exciting opportunity for IBM to work with HMEL and help them in this key project, said Vanitha Narayanan, Managing Partner, Global Business Services, IBM India/South Asia.

The refinery is expected to be commissioned by early 2011.