Lok Sabha Question No. 1188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Setting up of New Refinery
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: P.P. CHAUDHARY, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1188 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 nd  May, 2016

## SETTING UP OF NEW REFINERY

1188 . SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up new refinery and modernise/upgrade the existing refineries in the country and equip them with the latest technology;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and places identified for setting up of new refineries/modernisation and upgradation of existing refineries in the country along with investment likely to be made in such refineries, State/UT/Refinery-wise;
- (c) the details of the benefits likely to be accrued to the country; and
- (d) the details of refineries functioning in the country at present along with their installed capacity/utilization  and  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  optimum  utilisation, OMC/State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान) MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  &  (b):  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  announced  the plan  to  jointly  set  up  in  phased  manner  an  integrated  refinery-cum-petrochemical complex with a refining capacity of 60 MMTPA in Maharashtra.

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.

The details of capacity expansion plan of Oil PSU refineries are given at Annexure-I.

(c) The expansion and modernization of Refineries will help in implementation of BS-IV emission norms across the country by 01.04.2017 and BS-VI by 01.04.2020. Presently, the refining capacity in the Country is more than the demand and the surplus product is being exported. Additional capacity and the quality improvement will enable the Country to continue to export the surplus and earn foreign exchange.

(d)  The  installed  capacity  and  the  Capacity  utilization  of  various  Refineries  in  the Country  during  2015-16  is  at Annexure-II .    PSU  Refineries  in  India  have  been achieving average capacity utilization of over 100 % for last three years.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No. 1188 to be answered on 2 nd May, 2016.

## Details of Capacity expansion of Oil PSUs Refineries

|   S.No. | Name of the Company                                                                                         | Location of the Refinery      |   Present capacity, MMTPA |   Increase in Capacity, MMTPA |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|       1 | Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)                                                                       | Barauni                       |                       6   |                           3   |
|       2 | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)                                                              | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |                       8.3 |                           6.7 |
|       3 | Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)                                                                           | Numaligarh, Assam             |                       3   |                           6   |
|       4 | Bharat Oman Refinery Limited (Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited & Oman Oil Company, Joint Venture), Bina | Bina, Madhya Pradesh          |                       6   |                           1.8 |
|       5 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited                                                                        | Kochi, Kerala                 |                       9.5 |                           6   |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1188 to be answered on 2 nd May, 2016.

## Refineries functioning in the country, their installed capacities & capacity utilisation

| 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 Commission                | 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                      |                          |