The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has begun the process of hiring an international project management consultant to supervise the construction of the Eastern Re?nery Limited (ERL-2) expansion project in Chattogram, aimed at reducing reliance on imported re?ned petroleum products. The state-owned corporation has invited global consulting ?rms through an Expression of Interest to oversee engineering, procurement, and construction works for the re?nery’s major upgrade at North Patenga. The project is planned to modernize and expand the existing re?nery, increasing its crude processing capacity from around 15 lakh tonnes to about 45 lakh tonnes per year. The expansion project, fully ?nanced by BPC, is scheduled for implementation between December 2026 and November 2030