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The Visakhapatnam Refinery was commissioned in 1956 as Caltex Oil Refining India Ltd. (CORIL). This was the first oil refinery on the east coast of India and the first major industry in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. CORIL was taken over by the Government of India and merged with Hindustan Petroleum in 1978. Starting with a modest installed capacity of 0.65 MMTPA, the refinery has been expanded in phases to 8.3 MMTPA. Visakh Refinery is a Fuels based refinery generating major products of mass consumption like petrol, diesel and kerosene. The refinery has a flexibility to process a wide range of crude oils procured across the globe and ranging from non- bituminous to bituminous and Lube bearing crude oils.