Digboi Refinery

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Summary Information

Brief Description

  • The Digboi Refinery in North Eastern India is India's oldest refinery and was commissioned in 1901.
  • It is very small but has high complexity

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • Delayed Coking Unit
  • Catalytic Reformer
  • Wax Hydro-finishing Unit - 60,000 TPA
  • Solvent Dewaxing
  • Hydrotreater

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Indigenous crude oil produced at the Assam oil fields

Products Produced

  • Gasoline, Diesel, Wax

Projects

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Other Information

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History

  • 1901 - Refinery commissioned
  • 1996 - Refinery modernisation completed
  • 1997 - 90,000 TPA Catalytic Reformer added
  • 1998 - Delayed Coking Unit & 60,000 TPA Wax Hydro-finishing Unit commissioned
  • 2002 - Solvent Dewaxing/Deoiling Project completed
  • 2003 - Hydrotreater completed

Links

  1. Digboi Refinery (Upper Assam)
  2. Engineers India Refining References
  3. India Expands Clean Fuels Programs