{"id":11369,"date":"2024-07-20T04:09:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T04:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=11369"},"modified":"2024-07-20T04:09:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T04:09:49","slug":"indian-oils-expansion-of-digboi-refinery-under-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/11369\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Oil\u2019s expansion of Digboi refinery under way"},"content":{"rendered":"

RoydadNaft – <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOC) is progressing with the 350,000-tonne\/year (tpy) expansion of its 650,000-tpy Digboi refinery\u2014India\u2019s first and the oldest in the Asia Pacific\u2014located in Tinsukia District of Digboi, in the northeastern region of Assam.<\/p>\n

Works to expand Digboi\u2019s refining capacity to 1 million tpy are now under way as part of Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi\u2019s initiative to revitalize the Digboi and Makum municipalities, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, India\u2019s Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, said on July 19.<\/p>\n

Confirmation of progress on the expansion follows Modi\u2019s official laying of the foundation stone for the project in early March 2024, according to a Mar. 9 release from the prime minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

While few details have been disclosed about specific works involved as part of the refinery\u2019s expansion, IOC said in its 2023-24 annual report published on July 18 that expansion plans include implementation of the operator\u2019s proprietary indCoker technology, an indigenously developed two-stage cracking process that will be implemented during the project to revamp Digboi\u2019s existing delayed coker to yields of coke while increasing distillate yields from the unit.<\/p>\n

Previously slated for completion in October 2025, the proposed project is now scheduled for commissioning in March 2026 at its originally budgeted investment of 7.68 billion rupees, according to the latest official data as of end-June 2024 from India\u2019s Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI).<\/p>\n

The project will also include installation of a new furnace heater for the refinery\u2019s delayed coker, as well as installation of a pre-cracker reactor, naphtha stabilizer column, and flash column, MOSPI data shows.<\/p>\n

Expansion of the Digboi refinery comes as part of IOC\u2019s broader program of capacity expansions at its refineries to help meet projections for ongoing rising demand for finished petroleum products through at least 2040, the operator said.<\/p>\n

Alongside the expansion at Digboi, IOC also is carrying out capacity expansions of its:<\/p>\n