In India the total number of Refined Petroleum retail outlets I India that’s over 69,100 along with both state-owned oil marketing companies and also private companies with 249.9 million metric tons as refining capacity. Now, India is the second-largest refiner In Asia. We have made a list of the top oil refinery in India in 2022.
Here is the top 10 Oil Refinery in India in 2022:
10. Guru Govind Singh Refinery
Company: HPCL Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL)
Capacity: 11.3 million tones/year
This refinery is mainly a private sector refinery owned by HPCL-Mittal Energy. This is mainly a joint venture between HPCL and Mittal company. This oil refinery is located in Punjab. The work for this refinery was started in 2008 and the refinery become operational in March 2012. The refinery has supplied the crude oil from Mundra.
9. Mumbai Refinery
Company: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Capacity: 12 million tones/year
Mumbai oil refinery come into the stream in January 1955 having the ownership of Bumrah-Shell Refineries Ltd, that has changed its name and come to Refineries Limited in 1976. In August 1977, the company got its permanent name BPCL. The project contained in this refinery is CDU/VFU, HCU, LOBS, and HGU units.
8. Gujrat Refinery
Company: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Capacity: 13.7 million tones/year
This oil refinery is mainly located at Koyali, Vadodara district in Gujarat. The refinery is the third-largest purchase by Indian Oil Corporation. The oil refinery was selected on 17th April 1961. This refinery contains some downstream processing unit vacuum distillation, visbreaker, and bitumen. The refinery becomes the first hydrodesulfurization unit that reduces sulfur content in diesel.
7. Panipat Refinery
Company: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Capacity: 15 million tones/year
Panipat is an oil refinery situated in Baholi, Panipat, Haryana. The refinery was established in 1998. It is known as Southeast Asia’s biggest integrated petrochemical plant. Panipat refinery fulfills the demand for petroleum in regions like Punjab, J&K, Himachal, Chandigarh, Uttaranchal state some parts of Delhi, and Rajasthan.
6. Paradip Refinery
Company: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Capacity: 15 million tones/year
Paradip refinery is mainly the 11th best refinery owned by Indian Oil Corporation in Paradip city in Odisha. The refinery was mainly dedicated to the service of the nation by PM Shri Narendra Modi on 7th February 2016 and envisioned as the Energy Gateway to Eastern India, and the refinery has been laid by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
5. Mangalore Refinery
Company: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Capacity: 15 tones/year
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited is mainly a division of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation that’s under the ownership of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas. It was set up in 1988 and located at Katipalla, that’s the north of the center of Mangalore. The refinery is mainly providing the products like Petroleum, petrochemicals, and natural gas.
4. Kochi Refinery
Company: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Capacity: 15.5 million tones/year
Kochi refinery is mainly a crude oil refinery in the city of Kochi in Kerala in India. The biggest public sector refinery In India has a production capacity of 15.5 million tonnes each year. The refinery has been acquired by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.
3. Vadinar Refinery
Company: Nyara Energy Limited
Capacity: 20 million tones/year
Vadinar is also a popular oil refinery at Vadinar Gujrat India. The refinery has been owned and operated by Nayara Energy Limited, in which Rosneft also got a 49.13% stake. the construction of the Refinery was started in 1996 by Essar Oil. It also contains initial cost overruns and also a shortfall in equity contributions.
2. Jamnagar Refinery (For Domestic Market)
Company: Reliance Industries Limited
Capacity: 35.4 million tones/year
The Jamnagar Refinery is also a private sector crude oil refinery has been commissioned on 14th July 1999. The refinery has been owned by Reliance Industries Limited. Now, the completion of the RPL refinery into a Special Economic Zone in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat. There were also plans for the pipeline to process High Pour Point crude oil extracted at Barmer, Rajasthan.
1. Jamnagar Refinery (For Export)
Company: Reliance Industries Limited
Capacity: 35.4 million tones/year
The Jamnagar Refinery is also a private sector crude oil refinery has been commissioned on 14th July 1999. The refinery has been owned by Reliance Industries Limited. Now, the completion of the RPL refinery into a Special Economic Zone in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat. There were also plans for the pipeline to process High Pour Point crude oil extracted at Barmer, Rajasthan.
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