Thursday, March 17, 2016

NaMo inaugurated IOC’s Paradip Oil Refinery

PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 15 million tonne per annum Indian Oil Corporation refinery at Paradip, Odisha.
  • It is IOC’s 11th refinery that will be instigated with a capacity of 15 MMTPA.
  • Refinery Cost – Rs 34,555 crore
Features of Paradip Oil Refinery:
  • It has been designed to process broad basket of crude including dirty and cheaper high Sulphur heavy crudes from Latin America.
  • Capable to produce Bharat Stage IV (BS IV)/BS V quality transportation fuelto comply with Auto Fuel Policy.
  • Major products are premium grade high speed diesel (HSD) and motor spirit (MS).
  • Major by products – Petroleum coke (petcoke) and Sulphur.

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