Thick smoke rises from the HPCL Pachpadra Refinery in the Balotra district, Rajasthan, on April 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Restoration work at Hindustan Petroleum’s a refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in Rajasthan’s Balotra district, which caught fire before its inauguration earlier this week, is in progress and is expected to be completed in the next three to four weeks, the state-owned oil-marketing company informed in a social media post on Saturday evening (April 25, 2026). It added that the crude distillation unit, which is the primary unit of any refinery, is expected to restart in the “second fortnight of May this year” whilst the other secondary units are already at an advanced stage of commissioning as planned. Published – April 25, 2026 10:03 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Like this:Like Loading... Post navigation Census 2027: States asked to identify vulnerable areas, keep biased enumerators out Governor clears MLC nominations of Azharuddin, Kodandaram