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 optimise 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, said a statement. 

 

HMEL is a digital-first organisation, 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 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. Prabh Das, MD & CEO, HMEL and Roel Van Doren, Group President, Emerson were present during the signing ceremony by Manu Sehgal, VP – Strategy and Feedstock Supply Group, HMEL and  Anil Bhatia, Vice President and Managing Director of Emerson India, along with senior members from both the companies. - TradeArabia News Service