NOIDA, India (Feb. 14, 2025) - HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), a leading India petrochemical and refining company, and Emerson, an industrial technology leader delivering advanced automation solutions, are joining forces to optimize enterprise operations across HMEL’s refining, petrochemicals and sustainable fuels complex. The collaboration will leverage Emerson’s industrial automation portfolio, including artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, to enhance HMEL’s production outputs while ensuring reliability, safety and sustainability goals are met.
HMEL is a digital-first organization, operating one of the most modern Integrated Refinery-Petrochemical Complex ‘Guru Gobind Singh Refinery’ at Bathinda, Punjab.
“Process automation has been at the heart of HMEL’s strategic vision for building a smart enterprise. We are thrilled to partner with Emerson to develop innovative automation solutions that will boost digital transformation at HMEL,” said Mr. Prabh Das, MD & CEO, HMEL. “Our partnership with Emerson aligns with our mission to create an interconnected and intelligent enterprise that delivers maximum value across the energy value chain.”
Emerson will provide a real-time industrial data platform to bridge the gap between industrial OT and enterprise IT environments, providing connectivity and contextualization to operational data from multiple sources. It will also provide AspenTech’s multi-unit dynamic optimization solutions to help improve margins and achieve sustainability goals by integrating planning, scheduling and advanced process control in a closed loop and by end-to-end demand forecasting, planning and scheduling across the oil-to-chemical value chain. The collaboration also includes Emerson’s DeltaV™ control system, latest measurement offerings and pioneering electronic marshalling technology.
“Emerson’s Boundless Automation vision integrating the intelligent field, edge and cloud to unlock a new era of productivity supports HMEL’s goal of delivering higher value through technology. We look forward to collaborating with HMEL to advance optimization solutions that will enable new levels of operational excellence across production, reliability, safety and sustainability,” said Anil Bhatia, vice president and managing director of Emerson in India.
The two companies signed the Memorandum of Understanding during India Energy Week 2025 in New Delhi. Mr. Prabh Das, MD & CEO, HMEL and Mr. Roel Van Doren, Group President, Emerson were present during the signing ceremony by Mr. Manu Sehgal, VP – Strategy and Feedstock Supply Group, HMEL and Mr. Anil Bhatia, vice president and managing director of Emerson India, along with senior members from both the companies.
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About Emerson
Emerson (NYSE: EMR) is a global technology and software company providing innovative solutions for the world’s essential industries. Through its leading automation portfolio, including its majority stake in AspenTech, Emerson helps hybrid, process and discrete manufacturers optimize operations, protect personnel, reduce emissions, and achieve their sustainability goals. For more information, visit Emerson.com.
About HCPL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL)
HCPL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) is a joint venture between Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Mittal Energy Investment Pte Ltd, Singapore – part of the Lakshmi N Mittal Group. Both the joint venture partners hold a stake of 49% each in the company, the balance 2% is held by Indian Financial Institutions. HMEL owns and operates an Integrated Refinery-Petrochemical Complex ‘Guru Gobind Singh Refinery’ at Bathinda, Punjab comprising of an 11.3 MMTPA Crude Oil Refinery and a 1.2 MMTPA Multi-Feed Cracker along with 1.2 MMTPA Polyethylene (PE) and 1.0 MMTPA Polypropylene (PP) Plants. Additionally, it also operates a 1017 km long crude pipeline from Gujarat to Punjab along with associated facilities.
HMEL is a Board run company that is committed to high standards of safety, health and sustainability with a strong focus on preserving the environment. HMEL has received a Five Star Rating and the Sword of Honour from British Safety Council for excellence in the management of health and safety risks at work.
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Email: pankaj.vinayak@hmel.in
