After discovery of oil in the Assam state of India in late 1880s, the first oil refinery was set up at Digboi. Digboi Refinery was commissioned in 1901.[1] Following is a list of oil refineries in India, per the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India,[2] arranged in decreasing order of their capacity.

As a group, Indian Oil Corporation has the largest refining capacity, with nine refineries located across western, northern and north-eastern regions of India. The Jamnagar Refinery by Reliance Industries Limited is the largest refinery in the world[3] and has the largest Nelson Complexity Index in India of 21.1.[4] Various refineries are undergoing capacity expansions, and the Barmer Refinery was expected to be commissioned in January 2024.[5]

List

No. Refinery Oil company Sector State Location Capacity (106 tonnes/y) Nelson Complexity Index[6]
1 Jamnagar Refinery (for exports) Reliance Industries Limited Private Gujarat Jamnagar (SEZ) 35.4[4] 21.1[4]
2 Jamnagar Refinery (for domestic market) Reliance Industries Limited Private Gujarat Jamnagar 33[4] 21.1[4]
3 Vadinar Refinery Nayara Energy Limited Private Gujarat Vadinar 20 12.8[7]
4 Kochi Refinery Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Kerala Kochi 15.5 10.8[8]
5 Mangalore Refinery Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Public Karnataka Mangalore 15 10.6[9]
6 Paradip Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Odisha Paradip 15 12.2
7 Panipat Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Haryana Panipat 15
(capacity expanding to 25[10]) 		10.5
8 Gujarat Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Gujarat Vadodara 13.7
(capacity expanding to 18[11]) 		10.0
9 Mumbai Refinery Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Maharashtra Mumbai 12 5.6
10 Guru Gobind Singh Refinery HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited Joint venture Punjab Bathinda 11.3 12.6[12]
11 Manali Refinery Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Tamil Nadu Chennai 10.5 9.5[13]
12 Visakhapatnam Refinery Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Andhra Pradesh Visakhapatnam 8.3

(capacity expanding to 15[14])

7.8[15]
13 Mathura Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Uttar Pradesh Mathura 8 8.4
14 Haldia Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public West Bengal Haldia 8[16] 10.4
15 Bina Refinery Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
(earlier a JV of BPCL & Oman Oil Company.[17]) 		Public Madhya Pradesh Bina 7.8 11.58[18]
16 Mumbai Refinery Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Maharashtra Mumbai 9.5[19] 10.4[15]
17 Barauni Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Bihar Barauni 6
(capacity expanding to 9[20]) 		7.8
18 Numaligarh Refinery Public Assam Numaligarh 3
(capacity expanding to 9[21] 		9.6[22]
19 Bongaigaon Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Assam Bongaigaon 2.35 8.2
20 Guwahati Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Assam Guwahati 1 6.7
21 Nagapattnam Refinery Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited Public Tamil Nadu Nagapattinam 1
(capacity expanding to 9[23]) 		7.9
22 Digboi Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Limited Public Assam Digboi 0.65
(capacity expanding to 1[24]) 		11
23 Tatipaka Refinery Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Public Andhra Pradesh Tatipaka 0.07 -

Upcoming refineries

No. Refinery Oil company Sector State Location Capacity (106 tonnes/y) Stage
1 Barmer Refinery HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL) Joint venture of public sector Rajasthan Barmer

(now Balotra district) of Rajasthan

9 Expected to commission in January 2024.[5]
2 Ratnagiri Refinery Ratnagiri Refinery And Petrochemicals Limited (RRPCL) Joint venture of public sector Maharashtra Not finalized 60 Planning stage.[25]
3 Vidarbha Refinery Maharashtra Not finalized Planning stage.[26]

Location map

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Locations of various oil refineries in India
  •  Public sector
  •  Private sector
  •  Joint venture
  •  Upcoming

See also

References

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