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STATE-OF-THE-ART SYSTEM: Collector G. Prakash and top officials of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited at the automated depot at Thatchanallur near Tirunelveli on Friday. TIRUNELVELI: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, which is working towards digitising all its terminals in south India within the next two years, inaugurated its first automated depot in the State at Thatchanallur, near here, on Friday. Collector G. Prakash inaugurated the main control room of the state-of-the-art automated depot, while Deputy General Manager, Engineering and Projects, Headquarters, Mumbai, D. Ramamurthy inaugurated the electronic display unit and Deputy General Manager, Operation and Distribution, South Zone, V. Radhakrishnan Nair launched the automated gantry of the robotic system. Senior Regional Manager, Madurai, J. Jayashekhar commissioned bays 5 and 6. Robotic modeMr. Nair said HPCL, according highest priority to automating all systems with the intention of ensuring the quality of petroleum products right from manufacture to market and avoiding pilferage during transit, proposed to intensify the initiative in the days to come so that all HPCL depots in south India would move to robotic mode within the next two years. The vehicles carrying petro products from the HPCL terminal to the dealers’ depot could be tracked through a revolutionary vehicle monitoring system, with the scientific method effectively preventing fuel from being adulterated during transportation. AccuracyThe automated system, which would reduce human intervention to the maximum possible extent, would ensure accurate quantity, addition of additives and trigger immediately fire fighting exercise on its own in case of any mishap. Computerisation of retail outlets was also being carried out simultaneously., Mr. Nair said. The Collector said that the oil companies, which had a cumulative turnover of over Rs.4 lakh crore through the sale of petroleum products, should worktowards finding an effective alternative to fossil fuels, which would not be available after 50 years or so from now. Mr. Ramamurthy said HPCL was developing a vapour recovery system to minimise fuel loss. Hindustan Petroleum had embarked upon the automation of its depots in Chennai, Irugur and Kappalur, Mr. Jayashekhar said. ComputerisationExecutive Sales Officer, HPCL, Karthikeyan said four fuel stations here would be automated before March and other petrol pumps would also become computerised in a phased manner. Depot Manager N. Damodaran proposed a vote of thanks.
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