Lok Sabha Question No. 1911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Setting up of Refineries
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1911 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  NOVEMBER, 2016

## SETTING UP OF REFINERIES

1911: SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government/OMCs propose to set up mega/sea-shore refineries/petrochemical plants in the country and if so, the details thereof along with places identified for the purpose, OMC/State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b)  the  details  of  existing  refineries/petrochemical  units  at  present  along  with  their installed  capacity/utilisation  and  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  their  optimum utilisation, OMC and refinery and State/UT-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  undertake  modernisation/  upgradation  of the oil refineries across the country and to equip them with latest technology being used at international level for minimising emissions of sulphur dioxide in view of the growing pollution by refineries in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof including the funds earmarked, targets set for expansion of  refiner  capacity,  State/UT/Oil  Marketing Company (OMC)- wise including Bharat Oman Refinery Limited (BORL)?

ANSWER

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a): The  refinery  sector  in  the  country  is  de-licensed  and  Oil  Public  Sector Undertakings (PSUs) take appropriate decisions to implement new refinery projects and also to expand and modernize the existing Refineries.

Government has accorded approval on 20.09.2013 to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) to set up a 9 MMTPA Refinery-cum-Petrochemical Complex in Barmer, Rajasthan in collaboration with Government of Rajasthan (GoR). Further, Oil  PSUs  namely, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have  proposed  to  jointly  set  up  in  phased  manner  an  integrated  refinery-cumpetrochemical complex with a refining capacity of 60 MMTPA in Maharashtra.

(b): List of existing Refineries/Petrochemical Plants along with their installed capacity in the Country during 2015-16 is at Annexure-I. PSU Refineries in India have been achieving average capacity utilization of above 100%.

(c)  &  (d):  Indian  Refineries  have  adopted  modern  technologies  for  production  of petroleum  products  and  continuously  upgrade  the  technologies  in  line  with  their requirements and international trends.

The major modern process technologies employed by PSU refineries for producing petroleum products include:-

- i)  Secondary/Upgradation Technologies for yield improvement:
2. ·Thermal cracking processes, viz., Visbreaking, Delayed Coking.
3. ·Fluidised Catalytic Cracking, INDMAX Technology.
4. ·Hydrocracking.
5. ii)  Quality Upgradation Technologies:
6. ·Catalytic  Reforming,  Isomerisation,  Alkylation,  Prime  G  for  meeting  the quality  specifications  of  Petrol  w.r.t.  octane  number,  benzene  content, aromatics, olefins, sulphur, distillation etc.
7. ·Diesel Hydro-desulphurisation (DHDS), Diesel Hydro-treating (DHDT) for diesel for reduction of sulphur & PAH (Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons) and cetane number improvement.

Further, Sulphur dioxide emissions from refineries are highly regulated and monitored  by  pollution  control  Board.  To  meet  these  stringent  norms  for  sulphur dioxide emissions, refineries use low sulphur fuels and have also upgraded Sulphur Recovery  Units  (SRU)  and  installed  Tail  gas  treating  unit  for  99.99%  sulphur recovery  from  the  gases  that  are  generated  during  processing  in  line  with  the international practices.

The  details  of  capacity  expansion/  modernization/upgradation  plan  of  Oil  PSU refineries are given at Annexure-II.

## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1911 to be answered on 28 th November, 2016.

## A. Refineries/Petrochemical Plants functioning in the country & their installed capacities

| Name of the Company                         | Refinery Location   | Installed capacity (MMTPA)   | 2015-16                  |
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Name of the Company                         | Refinery Location   | Installed capacity (MMTPA)   | Capacity utilization (%) |
| Indian Oil Corporation Limited              | Guwahati            | 1.000                        | 90.4                     |
|                                             | Barauni             | 6.000                        | 109.1                    |
|                                             | Gujarat             | 13.700                       | 100.9                    |
|                                             | Haldia              | 7.500                        | 103.7                    |
|                                             | Mathura             | 8.000                        | 110.8                    |
|                                             | Digboi              | 0.650                        | 86.4                     |
|                                             | Panipat             | 15.000                       | 101.9                    |
|                                             | Bongaigaon          | 2.350                        | 103.9                    |
|                                             | Paradip             | 15.000                       | *                        |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited        | Mumbai              | 12.000                       | 111.4                    |
|                                             | Kochi               | 9.500                        | 112.8                    |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited     | Mumbai              | 6.500                        | 123.3                    |
|                                             | Visakh              | 8.300                        | 111.1                    |
| Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited       | Manali              | 10.500                       | 86.6                     |
|                                             | Nagapattinam        | 1.000                        | 54.4                     |
| Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited | Mangalore           | 15.000                       | 103.5                    |
| Oil & Natural Gas Corporation               | Tatipaka            | 0.066                        | 102.1                    |
| Numaligarh Refinery Limited                 | Numaligarh          | 3.000                        | 84.0                     |
| Bharat Oman Refineries Limited              | Bina                | 6.000                        | 106.7                    |
| Hindustan Mittal Energy Limited             | Bhatinda            | 9.000                        | 119.0                    |
| Reliance Industries Limited                 | DTA-Jamnagar        | 33.000                       | 97.9                     |
|                                             | SEZ-Jamnagar        | 27.000                       | 137.5                    |
| Essar Oil Limited                           | Vadinar             | 20.000                       | 95.5                     |

| Grand total   | 230.066   |
|---------------|-----------|

## B. List of Petrochemical Plants (Public Sector) in the Country: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)

| Name of the Petrochemical Plant                      | Capacity (KTPA*)    |
|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) unit at Gujarat Refinery  | 120 KTPA            |
| Paraxylene (PX) unit at Panipat Refinery             | 360 KTPA            |
| Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) at Panipat Refinery | 553 KTPA            |
| Naphtha Cracker (Feed) at Panipat Refinery           | 800 (Ethylene) KTPA |

## Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL)

| Name of the Petrochemical Plant                                       | Capacity   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
| Polypropylene unit                                                    | 440 KTPA   |
| Aromatic Complex unit (Paraxylene unit in OMPL, a subsidiary of MRPL) | 912 KTPA   |

## Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)

| Name of the Petrochemical Plant                                                                             | Capacity   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
| Polyethylene unit at Pata near Kanpur                                                                       | 810 KTPA   |
| GAIL through JV with Brahmaputra Cracker & Polymer Limited in Assam to produce Polyethylene & Polypropylene | 280 KTPA   |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (c)  &  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No.1911 to be answered on 28 th November, 2016.

## List of ongoing Projects for Modernisation and Expansion of Refineries

| Name of the Project                                                | Objective                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Approved cost (Rs. in crore)   | Target         |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------|
| Indian Oil Corporation Limited                                     | Indian Oil Corporation Limited                                                                                                                                                                                         | Indian Oil Corporation Limited |                |
| New Bitumen Biturox Unit, Barauni Refinery, Bihar                  | ●Improving profitability ●Increase in High Sulphur Crude processing from 11 to 16%                                                                                                                                     | 71                             | December, 2016 |
| Coke chamber replacement in Coker- A, Barauni Refinery, Bihar      | ●Improving the reliability & safety of system ●Processing High Sulphur Crude                                                                                                                                           | 480                            | December, 2016 |
| Distillate Yield Improvement Project, Haldia Refinery, West Bengal | ●Black Oil Upgradation ●Distillate yield improvement from 68.4 to 72.2% ●Increase in High Sulphur Crude processing from 60 to 80%(apprx). ●Increase in Refinery capacity from 7.5 to 8.0 MMTPA through revamp of CDU-I | 3,076                          | March, 2018    |
| Indmax Unit at Bongaigaon Refinery                                 |  To help improve LPG & MS production  Improve refinery profitability  Capacity enhancement from 2.35 to 2.7 MMTPA                                                                                                   | 2582                           | November, 2019 |
| New ATF production unit based on IOCL R&D technology indjet,       |  To produce 250 KTPA of ATF for meeting the product demand                                                                                                                                                            | 144                            | October, 2019  |

| Barauni Reifnery                                                                                                    |  The IOCL R&D's indigenous technology used hydro desulfurization route for ATF production                                                        |                                         |                                         |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Octomax Unit, Mathura Refinery                                                                                      |  Installation of 55 MMTPA demonstration unit for increasing MS production.                                                                       | 43.65                                   | July, 2018                              |
| Bitumen Unit, Digboi Refinery                                                                                       |  To augment the demand of bitumen for North-East Region of India from Digboi refinery based on IOCL (R&D) indigenous technology                  | 10.40                                   | May, 2017                               |
| Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited                                                                             | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited                                                                                                           | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited |
| Expansion of HPCL Visakh Refinery                                                                                   |  Enhance refinery crude processing capacity from 8.3 to 15.0 MMTPA to cater to the growing fuel demands.                                         | 18400                                   | December, 2020                          |
| Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited                                                                               | Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited                                                                                                             | Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited   | Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited   |
| Delayed Coker Unit for Resid Upgradation Project                                                                    | ●To increase distillate yield by 7% ●Processing capability of High Sulphur Crudes from 72% to 83%. ●Reduction of High Sulphur Fuel Oil production | 3110                                    | June, 2017                              |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited                                                                                | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited                                                                                                              | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited    | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited    |
| Integrated Refinery Expansion Project(IREP) at Kochi Refinery, Kerala                                               | ●To produce auto fuels meeting Euro IV quality norms. ●Upgrading fuels oil to value added products through bottoms upgradation.                   | 16504                                   | March, 2017                             |
| Conversion of existing Catalytic Reforming Unit (CRU) to an Isomerisation Unit at BPCL Mumbai Refinery, Maharashtra | ●100% Euro IV MS                                                                                                                                  | 725                                     | December, 2016                          |
| Diesel Hydrotreater(DHT) at BPCL Mumbai Refinery                                                                    |  Production of 100% Euro-IV diesel                                                                                                               | 2443                                    | December, 2017                          |
| Installation of Gasoline Treatment Unit (GTU)                                                                       |  For production of BS-V MS                                                                                                                       | 554                                     | October, 2019                           |
| Expansion of Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd.                                                                            |  Enhance refinery crude processing capacity from 6.0 to                                                                                          | 3072                                    | 2018-19                                 |

| (BORL)                                        | 7.8 MMTPA to cater to the growing fuel demands of the central & northern region.                 |                                               |                 |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| Numaligarh Refinery Limited                   | Numaligarh Refinery Limited                                                                      | Numaligarh Refinery Limited                   |                 |
| Diesel Hydrotreater (DHT)                     |  Installation of Diesel Hydrotreater (DHT) including a stand-by SRU with integrated TGTU.       | 1031.37                                       | January, 2018   |
| Mounded Bullet                                |  Installation of Mounded Bullet for storage of LPG                                              | 122.10                                        | September, 2017 |
| Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited | Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited                                                    | Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited |                 |
| Revamp of CCR                                 | Increase in feed processing capacity of NHT/Platformer/CCR and Reformate Splitter Unit Capacity. | 195                                           | August, 2019    |

- ***************