Refining the Plan

unconventional

India-specific

Set in India; the figures and context are India’s.

What this case is about

Your client is a major Indian public sector player operating primarily in the downstream segment of Oil & Gas. They currently have a refinery capacity of 15 MMTPA split across two refineries of 10 and 5 MMTPA. They planned to expand their smaller 5 MMTPA refinery to 12 MMTPA by December 2023 but now want to accelerate this expansion to complete by December 2022 instead. They want your help to shorten the project timeline by one year and explore possible ways to achieve this.

Objective

Analyze the refinery expansion project to identify how to compress the timeline from 48 months to 36 months and recommend actionable steps and risk mitigation measures.

Skills this case tests

Structuring the problem

Working the numbers

Communicating clearly

This is an interview practice scenario. Figures in the brief are case inputs, not current market research.