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List of oil refineries in India

Summary

After discovery of oil in the Assam state of India in late 1880s, the first oil refinery was set up at Digboi. Digboi Refinery was commissioned in 1901.[1] Following is a list of oil refineries in India, per the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India,[2] arranged in decreasing order of their capacity.

As a group, Indian Oil Corporation has the largest refining capacity, with nine refineries located across western, northern and north-eastern regions of India. The Jamnagar Refinery by Reliance Industries Limited is the largest refinery in the world[3] and has the largest Nelson Complexity Index in India of 21.1.[4] Various refineries are undergoing capacity expansions, and the Barmer Refinery is expected to be commissioned in January 2024.[5]

List edit

No. Refinery Oil company Sector State Location Capacity (106 tonnes/y) Nelson Complexity Index[6]
1 Jamnagar Refinery (for exports) Reliance Industries Limited Private Gujarat Jamnagar (SEZ) 35.4[4] 21.1[4]
2 Jamnagar Refinery (for domestic market) Reliance Industries Limited Private Gujarat Jamnagar 33[4] 21.1[4]
3 Vadinar Refinery Nayara Energy Limited Private Gujarat Vadinar 20 12.8[7]
4 Kochi Refinery Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Kerala Kochi 15.5 10.8[8]
5 Mangalore Refinery Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Public Karnataka Mangalore 15 10.6[9]
6 Paradip Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Odisha Paradip 15 12.2
7 Panipat Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Haryana Panipat 15
(capacity expanding to 25.[10]) 		10.5
8 Gujarat Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Gujarat Vadodara 13.7
(capacity expanding to 18.[11]) 		10.0
9 Mumbai Refinery Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Maharashtra Mumbai 12 5.6
10 Guru Gobind Singh Refinery HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited Joint Venture Punjab Bathinda 11.3 12.6 [12]
11 Manali Refinery Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Tamil Nadu Chennai 10.5 9.5[13]
12 Visakhapatnam Refinery Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam 8.3

(capacity expanding to 15. [14])

7.8 [15]
13 Mathura Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Uttar Pradesh Mathura 8 8.4
14 Haldia Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public West Bengal Haldia 8 [16] 10.4
15 Bina Refinery Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
(earlier a JV of BPCL & Oman Oil Company.[17]) 		Public Madhya Pradesh Bina 7.8 11.58[18]
16 Mumbai Refinery Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Maharashtra Mumbai 9.5[19] 10.4[20]
17 Barauni Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Bihar Barauni 6
(capacity expanding to 9.[21]) 		7.8
18 Numaligarh Refinery Public Assam Numaligarh 3
(capacity expanding to 9.[22] 		9.6[23]
19 Bongaigaon Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Assam Bongaigaon 2.35 8.2
20 Guwahati Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Assam Guwahati 1 6.7
21 Nagapattnam Refinery Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Tamil Nadu Nagapattinam 1
(capacity expanding to 9.[24]) 		7.9
22 Digboi Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Assam Digboi 0.65
(capacity expanding to 1.[25]) 		11
23 Tatipaka Refinery Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Public Andhra Pradesh Tatipaka 0.07 -

Upcoming refineries edit

No. Refinery Oil company Sector State Location Capacity (106 tonnes/y) Stage
1 Barmer Refinery HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL) Joint Venture of Public sector Rajasthan Barmer

(now Balotra district) of Rajasthan

9 Expected to commission in January 2024.[5]
2 Ratnagiri Refinery Ratnagiri Refinery And Petrochemicals Limited (RRPCL) Joint Venture of Public sector Maharashtra Not finalized 60 Planning stage.[26]
3 Vidarbha Refinery Maharashtra Not finalized Planning stage.[27]
4 Bargarh Refinery Odisha Bargarh Planning stage.[28]

Location map edit

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Locations of various oil refineries in India
  •   Public Sector
  •   Private Sector
  •   Joint Venture
  •   Upcoming

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Digboi Refinery". Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Map of Refineries in India" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Reliance commissions world's biggest refinery". The Indian Express. 26 December 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Reliance's refinery complexity index rises to 21.1". The Economic Times.
  5. ^ a b "HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Project will be fully functional by 2024, says Petroleum minister". Economic Times. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Nelson complexity index" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Press Release Nayara Energy Limited" (PDF).
  8. ^ "BPCL's Kochi refinery now the largest public sector refining unit in India".
  9. ^ "Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited".
  10. ^ "Indian Oil to expand Panipat refinery with capex of Rs 32,946 crore". Business Standard. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  11. ^ "IOC's Gujrat refinery to expand capacity to 18 MTPA by 2020". Financial Express. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  12. ^ "HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited".
  13. ^ "Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited".
  14. ^ "India's HPCL to operate Vizag refinery at expanded capacity from end-June". The Economic Times. 2023-01-22. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  15. ^ "Fitch Affirms Hindustan Petroleum at 'BBB-'".
  16. ^ "Refining | IndianOil Refining".
  17. ^ "Privatisation-bound BPCL acquires OQ's stake in Bina refinery". Business Standard. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  18. ^ "Investor Presentation - Bharat Petroleum FY21" (PDF).
  19. ^ "About Us".
  20. ^ "Fitch Affirms Hindustan Petroleum at 'BBB-'".
  21. ^ "IOC expanding Barauni refinery as part of ₹2.05 tn projects under implementation". Live Mint. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  22. ^ Singh, Bikash (30 December 2021). "Numaligarh Refinery achieves financial closure for its upcoming refinery expansion project". Economic Times. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Fitch Affirms Bharat Petroleum at 'BBB-'".
  24. ^ "IOC, CPCL start working on Rs 31,580-cr refinery project at Nagapattinam". Business Standard. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  25. ^ "IOC to invest Rs 740 crore to raise Digboi refinery capacity in Assam". Business Standard. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Ratnagiri super refinery project once again snowballs into controversy". Deccan Herald. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  27. ^ "MIDC orders feasibility study for petrochemical complex in Vidarbha". The Times of India. 2023-05-05. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  28. ^ https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bargarh-2g-bio-refinery-set-to-give-momentum-to-green-growth-dharmendra-pradhan-11686492064819.html

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