Gujarat Refinery

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Summary Information

• Also known as Vadodara Refinery

• Ownership: Indian Oil Company
• Website: http://www.iocl.com/
• Location: Koyali in Western India
• Capacity: 13.7 million tons/annum & 274,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth:

Brief Description

• The Gujarat Refinery at Koyali in Western India is Indian Oil’s largest refinery. It produces both fuels & petrochemicals

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation
• Vacuum Distillation
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker,
• Hydrocracker
• Diesel Desulphurisation Unit
• Gasoline Desulphurisation Unit

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes indigenous and imported, both low sulphur and high sulphur grades of crude oil.

Products Produced

• LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Jet fuel

Ongoing Projects

• The refinery is to be expanded to 360,000 bbls per day, see Gujarat Refinery Expansion Project
• Indian Oil plans to connect the refinery to the coast by the Kandla-Viramgam-Siddhpur Pipeline
• Gujarat Refinery is implementing a mega project to comply regulations for supplying eco-friendly fuels and to upgrade the bottom of the barrel to improve the gross margin of the Refinery
• For details see Gujarat Refinery Upgrade Project

Other Information

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History

• 1966 - Gujarat refinery is commissioned
• 1981 - Expansion of Refinery from 4.3 to 7.3 Million TPA + 1 Million TPA FCC Unit
• 1988 - Revamp of Refinery from 7.3 to 9.5 Million TPA
• 1992 - UDEX Unit Revamp
• 1993 - 1.2 Million TPA Hydrocracker & Hexane unit commissioned
• 1999 - Refinery Expansion by 3 Million TPA
• 1999 - 1.2 Million TPA DHDS & Sulphur Block Project
• 2006 - Clean gasoline project
• 2007 - L&T awarded sulphur recovery contract

Relevant Links

1. Koyali plant to turn Virtual Coastal Refinery
2. Engineers India Refining References
3. Punj Lloyd Refining References
4. Daelim Oil And Gas Projects
5. L&T bags Rs. 6930 million order from IOCL
6. IndianOil Board gives its nod for Gujarat Refinery expansion by 4.3 MMTPA

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