IndianOil continues to lay emphasis on infrastructure development. Towards this end, a number of schemes have been initiated with increasing emphasis on project execution in compressed schedules as per world benchmarking standards. Schemes for improvement and increased profitability through debottlenecking / modifications / introduction of value added products are being taken up in addition to grassroots facilities. Project systems have been streamlined in line with ISO standards.


DETAILS OF MAJOR ONGOING PROJECTS

(Estimated Cost More than Rs. 100 Crore )
(Rs. One crore = 10 million rupees = US$ 0.21 million approx.)
(One Million Metric Tonnes per annum = 20,000 bpd)

PANIPAT REFINERY EXPANSION FROM 12 MMTPA TO 15 MMTPA

Project Cost: Rs. 806 crore

Expected Commissioning: December 2008

Benefit
To meet the growing deficit of petroleum products in the high demand Northwest region of India.

Brief Description
The project consists of capacity revamp of Crude and Vacuum Distillation Units (CDU / VDU), Once through Hydrocracking Unit (OHCU), Delayed Coking Unit, and installation of second stage reactors in Diesel Hydrotreating Unit (DHDT).

IMPROVEMENT IN DIESEL QUALITY AND CAPACITY EXPANSION AT HALDIA REFINERY

Project Cost: Rs. 2,869 crore

Expected Commissioning: December 2009

Brief Description: The project comprises installation of facilities for improvement in Diesel quality and Disillate yiled (Hydrocracker) at Haldia and the capacity expansion of the Refinery from 6 MMTPA to 7.5 MMTPA. This involves Once through Hydrocracking Unit (OHCU), Hydrogen Unit, Sulphur Recovery Units, revamp of Crude Distillation Units and related utilities & offsite facilities.

NAPHTHA CRACKER AND POLYMER COMPLEX AT PANIPAT (HARYANA)

Project Cost: Rs. 14,439 crore

Expected Commissioning: November 2009

Benefits
This project is a cornerstone for IndianOil's entry into petrochemicals and a new business line for growth. For the State of Haryana, this project shall lay the foundation for creation of a world-class petrochemicals hub, which will engender significant industrial activity in the coming years.

Brief Description
The project envisages setting up of a Naphtha Cracker based on captive utilisation of naphtha from Panipat, Mathura and Koyali refineries of IndianOil. With a capacity of 800,000 MT/year of ethylene production, the Cracker complex will have associated units viz. hydrogenation, butadiene extraction, benzene extraction etc. besides downstream polymer units like swing unit (LLDPE/HDPE), a dedicated HDPE unit, Polypropylene unit and MEG unit.

GRASSROOTS REFINERY-CUM-PETROCHEMICALS PROJECT AT PARADIP

Project Cost: Rs. 25,646 crore

Expected Commissioning: By end of 2011-12

Benefit
The project will help in partly meeting deficit of distillates viz. LPG, Naphtha, MS, Jet/Kero, Diesel and other products, in the eastern part of the country. The complex will generate intermediate petrochemicals feedstock.

Brief Description
A 15 MMTPA grassroots refinery-cum-petrochemicals complex (along with a product pipeline to Ranchi) is planned to be constructed at Paradip in the state of Orissa. The Refinery will have, apart from a Crude and Vacuum Distillation Unit, a Hydrocracking Unit, a Delayed Coker Unit and other secondary processing facilities. It will also have an integrated gasification combined cycle plant for production of steam, power and hydrogen from petroleum coke for captive use in the refinery. This will be the most modern refinery in India with nil residue production and the products would meet stringent specifications. 3344 acre of land has been taken over by IndianOil and necessary infrastructure development jobs prior to setting up of the main refinery are progressing.

This complex envisages production of integrated petrochemicals like Paraxylene, Polypropylene, and Styrene.

Project Cost: Rs. 1178 crore

Expected Commissioning: June 2007

Brief Description: The project consists of installation of crude oil handling facilities at Paradip Port including laying 48 inch diameter, 20 km transfer pipeline, development of a tank farm at Paradip consisting of 15 crude oil storage tanks of 60,000 kl each (Total: 9,00,000 kl), and laying 30 inch diameter, 330 km long crude oil pipeline to Haldia-Barauni Crude Oil Pipeline (HBCPL) Haldia.

Benefit: The pipeline will facilitate transportation of crude oil to Haldia and Barauni refineries in an efficient and cost effective manner compared to the present system of receipt of crude oil through the Haldia Dock Complex

KOYALI – RATLAM PRODUCT PIPELINE

Project Cost: Rs. 322.92 crore

Expected Commissioning: November 2007

Brief Description: Project consists of laying 16-inch diameter 274 km long product pipeline from Koyali refinery to Ratlam, where a new terminal is to be constructed on re-sitement basis.

Benefit: The pipeline will facilitate effective evacuation of products from Koyali refinery and ensure cost-effective and reliable transportation of products to Central India and northwest UP.

DADRI-PANIPAT R-LNG SPUR PIPELINE

Project Cost: Rs. 250.66 crore

Expected Commissioning: January 2009

Brief Description: The 132 km long 30 inch diameter spurline carrying regassified LNG (R-LNG) will stretch from GAIL India’s Dadri terminal in UP to Panipat.

Benefit: The proposed R-LNG pipeline would provide for an economical means of feeding natural gas to Panipat refinery.

AUGMENTATION OF MUNDRA – PANIPAT CRUDE OIL PIPELINE

Project Cost: Rs. 204.74 crore

Expected Commissioning: December 2008

Brief Description: Project consists of laying a 22" diameter 20 KM long loopline in Kot-Beawar section and conversion of Radhanpur scraper station to pumping station while adding pumping units at Mundra, Kot, Sanganer and Rewari.

Benefit: This is a low cost expansion scheme of Mundra-Panipat crude oil pipeline system for meeting the additional crude oil requirement of Panipat refinery to the tune of 3 MMTPA.

PANIPAT-JALANDHAR LPG PIPELINE

Project Cost: Rs.186.72 crore

Expected Commissioning: May 2008

Brief Description: Project consists of laying a 10" diameter 275 KM long LPG pipeline fromKohand (near Panipat refinery) in Haryana to Jalandhar via Nabha in Punjab.

Benefit: The pipeline with feed IndianOil's LPG bottling Plants at Nabha and Jalandhar in a cost-effective manner.

RESIDUE UPGRADATION AND MS/HSD QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT GUJARAT REFINERY

Project Cost: Rs. 5,693 crore

Expected Commissioning: January 2010

Brief Description: The project envisages setting up of a number of units like VGO-HDT, ATF-Merox, FCC-Merox, LPG-Merox, ISOM, Coker, DHDT, HGU (PDS) and SRU.

Benefit: The objectives of the project are multifold. It shall ensure meeting product quality requirement of MS/HSD to EURO-III/IV levels, processing increased quantity of high sulphur crude and improvement in distillate yield.