May 21, 2012. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) expects to expand the Vizag refinery plant to 15 million tons by 2015-16. According to HPCL, Engineers India has been appointed as consultants for the project and they are expected to submit report on that. HPCL operates two major refineries producing a wide variety of petroleum fuels and specialties, one in Mumbai (West Coast) of 6.5 Million metric ton per annum (MMTPA) capacity and the other in Vishakhapatnam, (East Coast) with a capacity of 8.3 MMTPA. The project, which was scheduled to take off in 2013, could not be taken forward for variety of reasons such as environmental issues and partnership with others.