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{{Infobox oil refinery
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| province = [[Gujarat]]
| city = [[Koyali]], [[Vadodara]]
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| owner = [[Indian Oil Corporation]]
| founded = {{Start date|1965}}
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The '''Gujarat Refinery''' is an [[oil refinery]] located at Koyali, [[Vadodara]] District in Gujarat, Western India. It is the second largest refinery owned by [[Indian Oil Corporation]] after [[Panipat Refinery]].<ref name=iocl>{{cite web |publisher = Indian Oil Corporation Limited |title = Indian Oil Refineries:Installed Capacities |url= http://www.iocl.com/business_refineries.aspx |accessdate=11 July 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070612191018/http://www.iocl.com/business_refineries.aspx |archivedate = 12 June 2007}}</ref> The refinery is currently{{when|date=January 2020}} under projected expansion to 18 million [[tonne]]s per year.

==History==
Following the conclusion of the [[Indo-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation]] in February 1961, a site for the establishment of a 2 million [[tonne]]s per year oil refinery was selected on 17 April 1961.<ref name=ioclh>{{cite web |publisher = Indian Oil Corporation Limited |title = Gujarat Refinery |url= http://www.iocl.com/business_refineries.aspx |accessdate=11 July 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070612191018/http://www.iocl.com/business_refineries.aspx |archivedate = 12 June 2007}}</ref> Soviet and Indian engineers signed a contract in October 1961 for the preparation of the project. Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] laid the foundation stone of the refinery on 10 May 1963.<ref name="ioclh"/>

The refinery was commissioned with Soviet assistance at a cost of [[Indian rupee|Rs.]]26 [[crore]]s began production in October 1965. The first crude distillation unit with a capacity of 1 million tonnes per year was commissioned for trial production on 11 October 1965 and achieved its rated capacity on 6 December 1965. Throughput reached 20% beyond its designed capacity in January 1966.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

President [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] dedicated the refinery to the nation with the commissioning of second crude distillation unit and [[catalytic reforming]] unit on 18 October 1966.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

The third 1 million tonnes per year distillation unit was commissioned in September 1967 to process Ankleshwar and North Gujarat crudes. In December 1968, Udex plant was commissioned for production of [[benzene]] and [[toluene]] using feedstock from CRU. By 1974-75 with in-house modifications, the capacity of the refinery increased by 40% to a level of 4.2 million tonnes per year. To process imported crude the refinery was expanded during 1978-79 by adding another 3 million tonnes per year crude distillation unit along with downstream processing units including [[vacuum distillation]], [[visbreaker]] and [[bitumen]] blowing units. By 1980-81 this unit started processing [[Bombay High]] crude in addition to imported crudes. It was the first time that Indian engineers independently handled a project of that scale.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

To recover products from the residue, secondary processing facilities consisting of [[Cracking (chemistry)|fluidized catalytic cracking unit]] of 1 million tonnes per year capacity along with a feed preparation unit of 1 million tonnes per year capacities, were commissioned in December 1982. The refinery set up pilot distillation facilities for the production of [[n-Heptane]] and light aluminum rolling oils. To enable absorption of increased indigenous crudes the refinery's capacity was further increased to 9.5 million tonnes per year.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

In 1993-1994, Gujarat commissioned the country's first hydrocracker unit of 1.2 million tonnes per year along with feed preparation unit-2 and hydrogen generation unit-1 (GHC Complex), for conversion of heavier ends of crude oil to high value superior products.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

India's first diesel [[hydrodesulfurisation]] unit to reduce [[sulfur]] content in diesel was commissioned in June 1999. A [[methyl tertiary butyl ether]] unit was commissioned in September 1999 to eliminate lead from motor fuels. The facility conceptualised and commissioned South Asia's largest centralised effluent treatment plant by dismantling the four old ETP's (Effluent Treatment Plant) in June 1999. By September 1999 with the commissioning of an atmospheric distillation unit, Gujarat Refinery further augmented its capacity to 13.7 million tonnes per year making it the largest public sector undertaking refinery of the country.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

A project for production of [[linear alkyl benzene]] from [[kerosene]] streams was implemented in August 2004.<ref name=ioclp>{{cite web |publisher = Indian Oil Corporation Limited |title = LAB (Linear Alkyl Benzene) |url= http://www.iocl.com/petrochem.aspx |accessdate=11 July 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070610182811/http://www.iocl.com/petrochem.aspx |archivedate = 10 June 2007}}</ref> It is the largest grassroots single train Kerosene-to-LAB unit in the world, with an installed capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per year.<ref name="ioclp"/> To meet future fuel quality requirements, MS{{expand acronym|date=September 2011}} quality improvement facilities were commissioned in 2006.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} The Residue Upgaration Project undertaken by the Gujarat Refinery was completed by 2011 which increased the high sulfur processing capacity of Gujarat refinery, improved the distillate yield as well produce BS III & IV quality of MS and HSD.<ref name="IndianOil Xpress">{{Cite web |url=http://indianoilxpress.com/News.aspx?NewsID=20490&tID=2 |title=Archived copy |access-date=10 May 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140513122958/http://indianoilxpress.com/News.aspx?NewsID=20490&tID=2 |archive-date=13 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Residue upgradation project came in two parts namely, the south block which consisted of HGU-III, SRU-III, DHDT and ISOM units and the north block consisted of VGO-HDT and DCU units. To support the new units a new Co-Generation Plant (CGP) and Heat Recovery Steam Generation (HRSG) were also commissioned.

==Description==
The refinery's facilities include five atmospheric crude distillation units. The major secondary units include Catalytic Reforming Unit (CRU), Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU)and the first hydrocracking unit of the country. Through a pipeline to [[Ahmedabad]] and a pipeline connecting to the BKPL (Barauni-Kanpur Pipeline) pipeline and also by rail and truck, the refinery primarily serves the demand for petroleum products in western and northern India.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

When commissioned, the refinery had an installed capacity of 2 million [[tonne]]s per year and was designed to process crude from Ankleshwar, Kalol and Nawagam oilfields of [[ONGC]] in Gujarat. The refinery was modified to handle imported and Bombay High crude. The refinery also produces a wide range of specialty products such as benzene, toluene, MTO{{expand acronym|date=September 2011}}, food grade hexane, solvents and LABFS{{expand acronym|date=September 2011}}.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

The Gujarat Refinery is the first refinery in India to have completed the diesel hydrodesulfurization project in June 1999, when the refinery started production of HSD with low sulfur content of 0.25% wt (max).{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}

== See also ==
* [[Indian Oil Corporation]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.iocl.com Indian Oil Corporation Limited]
* [http://www.indianoilexpress.com/ IndianOil Express]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20001203174900/http://www.indianoiltenders.com/ IndianOil Tenders]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060402203336/http://gujrefin.co.in/ Gujarat Refinery]

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[[Category:Indian Oil Corporation]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Companies based in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Energy in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Economy of Vadodara]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1965]]
[[Category:Non-renewable resource companies established in 1965]]
[[Category:1965 establishments in Gujarat]]
[[Category:India–Soviet Union relations]]
[[Category:Soviet foreign aid]]
[[Category:Indian Oil Corporation buildings and structures]]

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