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,in the state of Punjab,India,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. HMELs endeavor is to have processes built around leading practices and implemented on best-in-class applications. HMEL selected IBM as its strategic MES partner to design the processes for manufacturing,select the applications and manage the implementation of the packages and build a common integration and reporting framework for HMEL. Through the 1.5 year,multi-million dollar agreement,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.
