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 - 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