Today, as we stand at the juncture of a new millennium, when all the developing nations are trying to achieve a paradigm shift from exploration of energy resources towards conservation, saving and optimum utilization of whatever scarce resources we have is crucial for averting energy crisis. In the long term implementation of energy conservation and environment friendly projects become a key to successful efforts of improving energy scenario of the country.

Use of more productive and sophisticated technology, upgradation of resources in a befitting manner, increasing efficiency of equipments and plant design promoting best practices in environmental management are all positive steps to achieve the distinction in economic and environmental performance of petroleum industry specially the refinery sector.