OU Refineries of India
The oil refineries are the processing factories of crude-oil. The impurities from the crude oil are removed to obtain petroleum, diesel, kerosene, bitumen, and aviation fuel. Petroleum industry contributes about 15 per cent of the GDP (2010-11). The main refineries of India, their year of commission and production capacity are given in (Fig. 8.6) Table 8.5.
Table 8.5 India: Refineries and their Production Capacity
Refinery | State | Year of Commissioning | Capacity (lakh tonnes per year) |
Digboi, IOC | Assam | 1901 | 5.0 |
Trombay, HPCL | Maharashtra | 1954 | 55.0 |
Trombay, BPCL | Maharashtra | 1955 | 60.0 |
Vishakhapatnam, HPCL | Andhra Pradesh | 1957 | 45.0 |
Noonamati, IOC | Assam | 1962 | 8.5 |
Barauni, IOC | Bihar | 1964 | 33.0 |
Koyali, IOC | Gujarat | 1965 | 95.0 |
Kochi, CRL | Kerala | 1966 | 45.0 |
Chennai, MRL | Tamil Nadu | 1969 | 56.0 |
Haldia, IOC | West Bengal | 1975 | 27.5 |
Bongaigaon, BRPL | Assam | 1979 | 13.5 |
Mathura, IOC | Uttar Pradesh | 1982 | 75.0 |
Numaligarh, IOC | Assam | 1999 | 30.0 |
Jamnagar, RP | Gujarat | 1999 | 270.0 |
Kamal, IOC | Haryana | 1998 | 60.0 |
Mangalore, HPCL | Karnataka | 1998 | 30.0 |
Panagundi, IOC | Tamil Nadu | 1999 | 5.0 |
Pachpadra HPCL | Rajasthan | 2013-17 | 9.0 |
Total | 9135 ред |
The total refining capacity of crude oil was 2 lakh tonnes per annum in 1901 which rose to more than nine hundred lakh tonnes per annum in 2005-06. All the refineries except the Digboi and the Jamnagar are in the public sector, or the joint section.