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Locations of various oil refineries in India
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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 was expected to be commissioned in January 2024. [5]
| No. | Refinery | Owner | Sector | State | Location | Commissioned | Capacity (106 tonnes/y ) | Nelson Complexity Index [6] |
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| 1 | Jamnagar Refinery | Reliance Industries | Private | Gujarat | Jamnagar (SEZ) | 14 July 1999 | 35.4 [4] | 21.1 [4] |
| 2 | Jamnagar Refinery (for domestic market) | Reliance Industries | Private | Gujarat | Jamnagar | 14 July 1999 | 33 [4] | 21.1 [4] |
| 3 | Vadinar Refinery | Nayara Energy | Private | Gujarat | Vadinar | 1 May 2008 [7] | 20 | 12.8 [8] |
| 4 | Kochi Refinery | Bharat Petroleum | Public | Kerala | Kochi | 27 April 1963 | 15.5 | 10.8 [9] |
| 5 | Mangalore Refinery | ONGC | Public | Karnataka | Mangalore | 7 March 1988 | 15 | 10.6 [10] |
| 6 | Paradip Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | Odisha | Paradip | 7 February 2016 | 15 | 12.2 |
| 7 | Panipat Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | Haryana | Panipat | July 1998 | 15 (capacity expanding to 25 [11] ) | 10.5 |
| 8 | Gujarat Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | Gujarat | Vadodara | 11 October 1965 | 13.7 (capacity expanding to 18 [12] ) | 10.0 |
| 9 | Mumbai Refinery | Bharat Petroleum | Public | Maharashtra | Mumbai | January 1955 | 12 | 5.6 |
| 10 | Guru Gobind Singh Refinery | HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited | Joint venture | Punjab | Bathinda | May 1955 | 11.3 | 12.6 [13] |
| 11 | Manali Refinery | CPCL | Public | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | 27 September 1969 | 10.5 | 9.5 [14] |
| 12 | Visakhapatnam Refinery | Hindustan Petroleum | Public | Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam | 1957 | 8.3 (capacity expanding to 15 [15] ) | 7.8 [16] |
| 13 | Mathura Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | Uttar Pradesh | Mathura | 19 January 1982 | 8 | 8.4 |
| 14 | Haldia Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | West Bengal | Haldia | 1 January 1975 [17] | 8 [18] | 10.4 |
| 15 | Bina Refinery | Bharat Petroleum (earlier a JV of BPCL & Oman Oil Company. [19] ) | Public | Madhya Pradesh | Bina | 11 May 2011 | 7.8 | 11.58 [20] |
| 16 | Mumbai Refinery | Hindustan Petroleum | Public | Maharashtra | Mumbai | 1954 | 9.5 [21] | 10.4 [16] |
| 17 | Barauni Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | Bihar | Barauni | July 1964 | 6 (capacity expanding to 9 [22] ) | 7.8 |
| 18 | Numaligarh Refinery | Public | Assam | Numaligarh | 1 October 2000 | 3 (capacity expanding to 9 [23] | 9.6 [24] | |
| 19 | Bongaigaon Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | Assam | Bongaigaon | 20 February 1974 [25] | 2.35 | 8.2 |
| 20 | Guwahati Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | Assam | Guwahati | 1 January 1962 | 1 | 6.7 |
| 21 | Nagapattnam Refinery | CPCL | Public | Tamil Nadu | Nagapattinam | November 1993 | 1 (capacity expanding to 9 [26] ) | 7.9 |
| 22 | Digboi Refinery | Indian Oil | Public | Assam | Digboi | 11 December 1901 | 0.65 (capacity expanding to 1 [27] ) | 11 |
| No. | Refinery | Oil company | Sector | State | Location | Capacity (106 tonnes/y ) | Stage |
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| 1 | Barmer Refinery | HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL) | Joint venture of public sector | Rajasthan | Balotra | 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. [28] |
| 3 | Vidarbha Refinery | Maharashtra | Not finalized | Planning stage. [29] | |||
| 4 | Bargarh Refinery | Refinery | Odisha | Bargarh | BPCL's 2G bio-refinery in Bargarh, Odisha, would provide momentum to India's green and sustainable growth. [30] | ||
| 5 | BPCL Andhra Refinery | Bharat Petroleum | Andhra Pradesh | Ramayapatnam | 9 | [31] |
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