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| Mathura Refinery (Near Delhi) |
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Mathura refinery was commissioned in 1982 as the sixth refinery in the fold of IndianOil and with an original capacity of 6.0 MMTPA. Located strategically between the historic cities of Delhi and Agra, the Refinery at Mathura is situated in the mythical and mystical land of Lord Krishna. Later the capacity of Mathura refinery was increased to 7.5 MMTPA by systematically debottlenecking and revamping. With its Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCU), the refinery mainly produces middle distillates for Northern India supplied though a 760km long product pipeline to Jalandhar in Punjab via Delhi (MJPL) and 100km long Mathura Tundla Pipeline (MTPL). A Vis-breaking unit was commissioned in 1982 and Soaker drum technology was implemented in VBU in the year 1993. The two-stage desalter was commissioned in 1998 in order to improve the on-stream availability of the crude distillation unit. In the same year new Continuous Catalytic Reformer Unit (CCRU) for production of unleaded gasoline was added.
br/> The First hydrogen generation unit (HGU-I) commissioned in 1999 along with first Diesel Hydro-desulfurisation unit (DHDS) for production of HSD with a low Sulfur content of 0.25% wt (max). A once through Hydro-cracker unit was commissioned in July’ 2000 for increased middle distillates production. For supplying EURO-III grade auto fuels, viz, EURO-III HSD and EURO-III MS to National Capital Territory (NCT) and National Capital Region (NCR), a Diesel Hydro-treating unit (DHDT) and MS quality up gradation unit consists of NHDT and PENEX along with FCCU Gasoline splitter and 2nd Hydrogen generation unit (HGU-II) commissioned in 2005. The present capacity of the refinery is 8.0 MMTPA and regularly receives crude oil through the 1870 km long Salaya Mathura Pipeline (SMPL). Over the years Mathura Refinery has systematically synchronized technology with ecology with constant care for the surrounding environment. Its close proximity to the magnificent wonder Taj Mahal adds to the responsibility towards a cleaner Environment.
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| Updated on September 17, 2007 |
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