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

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

Upcoming refineries

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

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

See also

References

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Reliance's refinery complexity index rises to 21.1". The Economic Times.
  5. 1 2 "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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