Haldia Refinery

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Summary Information

Brief Description

  • A medium sized complex refinery, Haldia Refinery is currently the only coastal refinery of the corporation and the lone lube producer

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Diesel Hydro Desulphurisation (DHDS) Unit
  • Resid Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (RFCCU)
  • Catalytic Dewaxing Unit (CIDWU)
  • Hydrocracker
  • Hydrogen Generation Unit
  • Sulphur Recovery Unit
  • Naphtha Splitter - 385,000 MT/YR
  • Naphtha Hydrotreater - 82,000 MT/YR
  • Reformate Splitter - 182,000 MT/YR
  • Isomerisation – LPG Recovery - 122,000 MT/YR
  • Selective Hydrogenation - 200,000 MT/YR
  • FCC Gasoline Splitter - 200,000 MT/YR
  • Prime G+ Selective Hydrodesulphurisation - 160,000MT/YR

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

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Products Produced

  • LPG, Gasoline, Diesel, Asphalt, Wax, Lubricant Base Oil
  • Petroleum products from this refinery are supplied mainly to eastern India through two product pipelines, namely Haldia-Mourigram-Rajband Pipeline (HMRBPL), and Haldia-Barauni-Kanpur Pipeline (HBKPL)

Projects

  • A project is underway to enable the refinery to produce Group III base oils
  • A hydrocracker has been recently commissioned, with capacity of 2.5 Million TPA
  • The refinery has recently been expanded to 7.5 million tons / annum and a delayed coker was being installed
  • See Haldia Refinery Hydrocracker Project for details
  • The refinery is installing a gasoil hydrotreater to meet Euro III / IV standards

Other Information

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History

  • 1976 - Refinery commissioned with capacity of 2.5 Million TPA
  • 1983 - 100,000 TPA Propane Deasphalting unit commissioned
  • 1997 - 1997 with the installation/commissioning of the second Crude Distillation Unit of 1.0 MMTPA
  • 1999 - Diesel Hydro Desulphurisation (DHDS) Unit was commissioned
  • 2001 - Resid Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (RFCCU) was commissioned
  • 2003 - Catalytic Dewaxing Unit (CIDWU) was installed and commissioned
  • 2005 - The Haldia Refinery Motor Spirit Quality Upgrade Project was completed
  • 2010 - Hydrocracker commissioned and capacity expanded to 150,000 bpd
  • 2010 - Euro V diesel project launched
  • 2019 - Base oil project launched

Links

  1. Refinery Webpage
  2. Technip Refining References
  3. Engineers India Refining References
  4. Opening of Hydrocracker
  5. Delayed Coker & LPG Merox Unit
  6. IndianOil Commissions Once-through Hydrocracker Unit at Haldia Refinery and expands its capacity to 7.5 MMTPA
  7. IOCL Selects Axens' Coker Gas Oil Hydrotreating Technology
  8. McDermott Announces Chevron Lummus Global Technology Award for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.'s Haldia Refinery
  9. ISODEWAXING and ISOFINISHING Award for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.’s Haldia Refinery
  10. IOCL Awards McDermott Two EPCC Refinery Contracts