Guwahati Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: IOC (Indian Oil Corporation)
- Website: http://www.iocl.com/
- List of Indian Oil Company Refineries
- Location: Guwahati, Assam, India
- Capacity: 1.0 million tons/annum & 20,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A small but complex refinery
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Delayed Coker
- Isomerisation
- Diesel Hydrotreater
- Fluidized Catalytic Cracking
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- Guwahati Refinery processes crude oil received from the Upper Assam Oil Fields
Products Produced
- LPG, Motor Spirit (Petrol), Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), Kerosene, High Speed Diesel, Light Diesel Oil and Raw Petroleum Coke.
- It is the only refinery in India to produce green needle coke
Ongoing Projects
- The Delayed coking unit is being revamped, and the drums replaced
Other Information
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History
- 1962 - Refinery inaugurated by Late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India
- 1986 - Revamp of Refinery to increase capacity from 0.7 to 1.1 Million TPA
- 2001 - Hydrotreater added
- 2003 - The FCC is commissioned
- 2012 - Fire caused by sabotage
Relevant Links
- Refinery Webpage
- Jacobs Receives Engineering Services Contract from IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services for Delayed Coker Unit in Guwahati, India
- New Coke Chambers & Allied Modernized Facilities in existing Delayed Coker Unit at Guwahati Refinery
- Guwahati Refinery, Reduction in Heading Deheading Time of DCU Reactor Top Covers
- Fire at IndianOil’s Guwahati Refinery
- Engineers India Refining References
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