Lok Sabha Question No. 3578 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: IOCL Investment Plan
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, RAJ KUMAR SINGH, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3578 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  DECEMBER, 2015

## IOCL INVESTMENT PLAN

3578.   SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI R.K. SINGH:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a) whether the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has planned/target fixed to invest huge amount for ramping up capacity of its refining and petrochemical investment plan;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the areas identified for investment plan by IOCL;

(c) whether the IOCL also plans to expand its cracker unit at Panipat and Polypropylene unit in  Paradeep and if so, the details thereof along with expenditure involved therein and the present status thereof;

(d) whether the Government proposes to extend gas grid to Barauni so that petrochemical industries which are proposed to set up in Bihar and supply of gas and other products from Barauni refinery; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## 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)  &  (b):  Indian  Oil  Corporation  Ltd      has  plans  to  invest  for  increasing    capacity  of  its Refining and Petrochemical Business. Details of the ongoing as well as planned Refinery/Petrochemical projects are at Annexure.

(c)  After  stabilization  of  operation  at  naphtha  Cracker  unit  at  Panipat  Refinery,  expansion activity has been initiated to undertake the revamp in two phases. Pre-feasibility has been completed.

Work on polypropylene project at a cost of Rs. 3150 crore has been initiated at Paradip.

(d) & (e):- The construction work for extending the gas grid to Barauni by laying JagdishpurHaldia Natural Gas Pipeline Project (JHPL) by GAIL has commenced in September, 2015. Route survey for the Phase-I of the project (755 Km) stretch from Phulpur to Dobhi to Gaya has been completed.

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## Annexure

|   Sl. No. | Project Name                                                                                                   | Approved Cost (Rs. Cr.)   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | 15 MMTPA Paradip Refinery Project                                                                              | 34,555                    |
|         2 | Distillate Yield Improvement Project (Coker) at Haldia Refinery with capacity expansion from 7.5 to 8.0 MMTPA. | 3,076                     |
|         3 | Coke chambers replacement in Coker-A at Barauni Refinery                                                       | 480                       |
|         4 | Feed Preparation Unit at Haldia Refinery                                                                       | 141                       |
|         5 | Biturox Unit at Barauni Refinery                                                                               | 70.8                      |
|         6 | Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant, Gujarat Refinery                                                                   | 160                       |
|         7 | Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant, Barauni Refinery                                                                   | 67.2                      |
|         8 | Revamps of DHDT, DHDS, VGO-HDT units at Gujarat Refinery                                                       | 1843                      |
|         9 | New NSU, CRU-NHT, Prime G, Revamps of Existing NSU, Prime G and DHDT at Barauni Refinery                       | 1327                      |
|        10 | INDAdeptG+ at Guwahati Refinery                                                                                | 164                       |
|        11 | New CRU to eliminate dependency on external reformate -Feasibility under Study at Guwahati Refinery            | 300                       |
|        12 | Polypropylene Unit at Paradip Refinery                                                                         | 3150                      |
|        13 | Ethylene Recovery Unit/ MEG at Paradip Refinery                                                                | 3752                      |
|        14 | Styrene Extraction Unit at Paradip Refinery                                                                    | 247                       |

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