Bathinda refinery capacity to be doubled in future: Lakshmi Mittal

This announcement was made at the opening of the plant

Hindustan Mittal Energy Ltd in Bathinda may double capacity to 360,000 barrels per day, ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi Mittal said, at the opening of the plant that could help trade ties between the nuclear-armed India and Pakistan.

The oil refinery, a joint venture of state-run Hindustan Petroleum and billionaire Lakshmi Mittal's Mittal Energy, opened the Bathinda plant on Saturday.

The $4 billion plant is located 100 km (62 miles) from the border with Pakistan and 175 kilometres from the city of Lahore.