ASSIGNMENT-1

Subject: Special Tech-1 (Reservoir Engineering)

ADITYA MOHANTY - 18CHE713

1. JOURNEY AND CONTRIBUTION OF IOCL IN INDIAN PETROLEUM

INDUSTRY

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) is India 's flagship national oil company with business
interests spanning the entire value chain of hydrocarbons i.e from refining , pipeline
transport and marketing of petroleum products to exploration & production of crude oil
& marketing of natural gas and petrochemicals. On 1964 , Indian oil Corporation Ltd was
formed by the merging of “ Indian oil Refineries Ltd “ and “ Indian oil Company Ltd”
with P.A Gopalakrishnan appointed as the first chairman of IOCL. . Indian Oil group
owns and operates 11 of India’s 23 refineries with a combined refining capacity of 80.7
MMTPA (million metric tonnes per annum) accounting for 33% of domestic refining
capacity. Indian oil operates a network of 14,200 km long crude oil, petroleum product
with a throughout capacity of 94.20 MMTPA for crude oil and petroleum products and
21.69 MMSCMD (million metric standard cubic metres per day) of gas. It is India’s largest
downstream petroleum company.In order to enhance upstream integration, IndianOil has
undertaken exploration and production activities both within and outside the country in
collaboration with consortium partners. There are seven major divisions in this
organisation.

SEVEN DIVISONS

Refineries

Pipeline

Marketing

R&D

Petrochemicals

Exploration and Production

Exploration and Cryogenics

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CONTRIBUTIONS -:

IndianOil's world-class R&D Center at Faridabad focuses on developing, demonstrating

and deploying innovative, environmentally friendly, customer-centric products and
process technologies to address issues of national importance for self-reliance in the
energy and allied sectors.

• With its consistent efforts, IndianOil has now achieved the status of a highly
competitive refining technology exporter by licensing INDMAX technology to global
customers in addition to existing units in domestic refineries.
• Indian Oil , recently achieved the milestone of 1000 patents among Indian oil & gas
companies.

Few Refining technologies developed by IOCL ;

REFINING TECHNOLOGIES

INDMAX Technology Superior yield of light olefins and high octane

gasoline

Octamax Production of Gasoline component of high octane

Amylemax Enhancing octane of light cracked gasoline

INDALIN Petrochemical feedstocks - light olefins & BTX from

Naphtha stream

• IOCL’s R&D is also focused to enhance quality of fuels by incorporating additives to

improve engine performance and to reduce environmental impact with improved
quality and cost effectiveness.
• R&D has developed a cost effective single step compact “Steam Methane Reforming
process “ for direct HCNG(Hydrogen compressed Natural Gas) production from
Natural gas which is flexible and rugged allowing H-CNG production as per demand,
by-passing energy intensive electrolysis process and costly high pressure blending.
• Lastly, Indian Oil has also developed a portfolio of leading energy brands including
INDANE LPG cooking gas , SERVO lubricants , XTRAPREMIUM petrol , XTRAMILE
diesel , PROPEL petrochemicals.

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2. TOTAL PETROLEUM REFINING CAPACITY OF INDIA
India owns 18 public sector refineries and 5 private refineries , taking the total Refining
capacity of the country to 249.366 MMTPA.
Other than this , various new refineries have been proposed and has been initiated like the
BARMER Refinery. Also IOCL , BPCL , HPCL have come together to build the World’s
Largest Integrated Refinery -cum-Petrochemical complex in Ratnagiri district of
Maharashtra.
The following list of 23 refineries of public and private sector.

REFINERIES

1. Digboi , Assam

2. Guwahati , Assam

3. Barauni , Bihar

4. Kovali , Gujarat

5. Bongaigaon , Assam

6. Haldia , West Bengal

7. Mathura , U.P

8. Panipat , Haryana

9. Paradip , Odisha

10. Mumbai , Maharashtra

11.Vishakhapatnam , Andhra Pradesh

12. Kochi , Kerela

13. Mumbai , Maharashtra

14.Manali , Tamil Nadu

15. Nagapattinam

16. Numaligarh , Assam

17.Mangalore , Karnataka

18.Tatipaka , Andhra Pradesh

19.Bina , Madhya Pradesh

20. Bathinda , Punjab

21. DTA-Jamnagar , Gujarat

22. SEZ - Jamnagar , Gujarat

23.Vadinar , Gujarat

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( SOURCE -: http://petroleum.nic.in/refining/about-refining )

3. . In India , crude oil is produced both in onshore and offshore oilfields. India has an
estimated sedimentary area of 3.36 million sq.km. which consist of 26 sedimentary
basins( onshore and offshore together). Based on their degree of prospectivity , these 26
basins have been divided into three categories as follows ;

A) CATEGORY-1 TOTAL AREA (sq.km)

KRISHNA - GODAWARI 2,30,000

MUMBAI OFFSHORE 2,12,000

ASSAM SHELF 56,000

RAJASTHAN 1,26,000

CAUVERY 2,40,000

ASSAM ARAKAN FOLD BELT 80,825

CAMBAY 53,500

B) CATEGORY-2 TOTAL AREA (sq.km)

SAURASHTRA 1,94,114

KUTCH 58,554

VINDHYAN 2,02,888

MAHANADI 99,500

ANDAMAN-NICOBAR 2,25,918

C) CATEGORY -3 TOTAL AREA (sq.km)

KERELA-KONKAN 5,80,000

BENGAL-PURNEA 1,21,914

GANGA PUNJAB 3,04,000

PRANHITA GODAVARI 30,000

SATPURA-S.REWA DAMODAR 57,180

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 C) CATEGORY -3 TOTAL AREA (sq.km)

HIMALYAN FORELAND 30,110

CHHATTISGARH 32,000

NARMADA 95,215

SPITI-ZANSKAR 32,000

DECCAN SYNECLISE 2,37,500

CUDDAPAH 40,100

KAREWA 6,671

BHIMA KALADGI 14,100

BASTAR 5,360

(SOURCE - https://www.ndrdgh.gov.in/NDR/?page_id=603 )

A) CATEGORY -1 -: BASINS WITH RESERVES BEING PRODUCED AND POTENTIAL TO

BE EXPLOITED AT INCREASED RECOVERY.
B) CATEGORY -2 -: BASINS WITH CONTINGENT RESOURCES TO BE DEVELOPED AND
PRODUCED.
C) CATEGORY -3 -: BASINS WITH ONLY PROSPECTIVE RESOURCES TO BE EXPLORED
AND DISCOVERED.

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