Lok Sabha Question No. 414 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-24
Subject: Setting up of Refineries
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 414 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  June, 2019

## Setting up of Refineries

## 414.  DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

## पैट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up oil refineries in Uttar Pradesh with the help of various oil marketing companies including Indian Oil Corporation Limited;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  amount  earmarked  therefor  and  the  status  of investment scheme in Petroleum/Chemicals launched by the Government in Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) whether the Government has made any assessment of the socio-economic effects of such projects on the local residents of the State;
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  efforts  made  or  proposed  to  be  made  by  the Government for protecting the interests of the local residents;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  expand/modernise  other  oil  refineries particularly the Kochi Oil Refinery and Barauni Oil Refinery in the country; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF PETROELUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  &  (b)  Public  Sector  Oil  Marketing  Companies  namely  Indian  Oil  Corporation Limited  (IOCL),  Bharat  Petroleum  Corporation  Limited  (BPCL)  and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have informed that they have no plan to set up a new refinery in Uttar Pradesh.
- (c)  &  (d)  While  setting  up  oil  refinery,  Detailed  Project  Report  is  prepared  which inter-alia contains the impact of setting up refinery.
- (e) & (f) BPCL Kochi Refinery has recently expanded its capacity from 9.5 Million Metric  Tonne  Per  Annum  (MMTPA)  to  15.5  MMTPA  under  Integrated Refinery Expansion Project. The project was commissioned in 2017. IOCL has plan to expand its Barauni Refinery from current capacity of 6 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA. List of expansion/modernization projects of oil refineries, as informed by Oil PSUs, is annexed .

## Annexure Annexure referred to in reply to part (e) & (f) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 414 to be answered on 24.06.2019

## List of expansion/modernization projects of oil refineries IOCL

| Refinery   |   Current Capacity, MMTPA |   Expansion Capacity, MMTPA |
|------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Haldia     |                       7.5 |                         8   |
| Barauni    |                       6   |                         9   |
| Gujarat    |                      13.7 |                        18   |
| Mathura    |                       8   |                         9.2 |
| Panipat    |                      15   |                        25   |

## HPCL

| Refinery   |   Current Capacity, MMTPA |   Expansion Capacity, MMTPA |
|------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Visakh     |                       8.3 |                        15   |
| Mumbai     |                       7.5 |                         9.5 |

## NRL

| Refinery   |   Current Capacity, MMTPA |   Expansion Capacity, MMTPA |
|------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Numaligarh |                         3 |                           9 |