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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.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian public sector oil and gas company, headquartered in Mumbai. It is India's second-largest government-owned downstream oil producer, whose operations are overseen by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It operates three refineries in Bina, Kochi and Mumbai. [4]
The government decided to consolidate the businesses of BPCL before privatization. On 31 March 2021, BPCL announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire a 36.6% stake held by OQ (formerly known as Oman Oil Company) for ₹ 2,400 crore (US$280 million) giving it complete control over Bharat Oman Refinery Limited. [2]
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) acquired the Government of India's shares in KRL in March 2001. Consequent to the merger Order dated 18 August 2006 issued by Ministry of Company Affairs, the refinery has been amalgamated with Bharat Petroleum Corporation, henceforth to be known as BPCL-Kochi Refinery.
In August 1977, the company was given its permanent name, viz. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). The installed capacity of 5.25 million tonnes per year was increased to 6 million tonnes per year in 1985. The present refining capacity of the refinery is 6.9 million tonnes per year.
The major oil terminals / depots in India are: Agra Terminal of IOCL; Dhourmui Terminals of IOCL, BPCL and HPCL near Bharatpur; Roorkee Terminal of IOCL; Manmad Terminals of IOCL, BPCL and HPCL; Irumpanam Terminal of BPCL in Kochi; Jalandhar Terminals of IOCL, BPCL and HPCL; Ambala Terminal of IOCL, BPCL and HPCL; Kondapalli Terminal of IOCL ...
The Numaligarh Refinery is a division of Oil India Limited which is under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It is located at Numaligarh, Golaghat district, Assam in India. Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) was a division of BPCL. It opened in 1999. [3] The commercial production commenced from 1st ...
Kandla-Gorakhpur LPG pipeline (KGPL) is an under-construction gas pipeline project in India. It has a total length of 2,805 kilometres (1,743 mi) [3] stretching from Kandla port in Gujarat to the city of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh via Madhya Pradesh.