HPCL or Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited has collaborated with several academic / research institutions for enhancing its production capacity and other industrial parameters.

The details of the projects with the partners in collaboration are given below:

The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi:

The Project is named "Screening and selection of efficient microbial strains for bio hydrogen production".

An approximate time frame of 24 months is set for the completion of the project.

Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Visakhapatnam:

The projects contemplated with GITAM are as follows:

o Effect of Nano-particle inclusion in the lubricating properties of lubricants to be completed within 2 years
o Bioremediation: Bio desulphurization of petroleum oil by non- pathogenic micro-organisms slated to be completed within 1 year
o Production of Bioremediation of petroleum oil by non pathogenic microorganisms within a time frame of 1 year

Advanced Research Technologies (ART), Chevron & IIT Kanpur:
HPCL has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the following organizations.
• Advance Refining Technologies LLC (ART)
• Chevron USA Inc. and
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur

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