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Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 (ஹைட்ரோகார்பன் தொலைநோக்கு ஆவணம் 2030)

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4.4.2 Midstream<br />

The midstream sector involves the transportation (by pipeline, rail, barge, oil tanker or truck), storage,<br />

and wholesale marketing of crude or refined petroleum products. Pipelines and other transport<br />

systems can be used to move crude oil from production sites to refineries and deliver various refined<br />

products to downstream distributors. Natural gas pipeline networks aggregate gas from natural gas<br />

purification plants and deliver it to downstream customers, such as local utilities. Brief profiles of key<br />

entities operating in this segment are given below.<br />

Entity name<br />

OIL<br />

GAIL<br />

IOCL<br />

ONGC<br />

Presence in NER<br />

Own and operate 1,157 km fully automated telemetric pipeline with 212 km of looping<br />

having a total capacity to transport over 5.38 MMTPA. This pipeline is partially used for<br />

transportation of imported crude from Barauni to Bongaigaon Refinery (reverse section)<br />

and partially for transportation of crude from Duliajan to Guwahati refinery (forward<br />

section).<br />

Owns and operates 35 km crude pipeline from Duliajan to Digboi.<br />

Also operates gas pipeline Duliajan-Numaligarh through a JV company DNP Limited (JV<br />

of AGCL, NRL and OIL)<br />

Also owns and operates Numaligarh-Siliguri product pipeline (NSPL).<br />

Owns and operates two pipelines in Lakwa and Tripura for gas transportation.<br />

Has stake in Tripura Natural Gas company Limited (TNGCL), which is a CGD operator in<br />

Tripura<br />

Mainly operates product pipeline from refinery to major cities.<br />

Guwahati-Siliguri (GSPL) and Digboi-Tinsukia (DTPL) product pipelines are operated by<br />

IOCL.<br />

Operates three pipelines of 45 km in Johrat.<br />

4.4.3 Downstream<br />

The downstream sector commonly refers to the refining of crude oil, processing and purification of raw<br />

natural gas, as well as the marketing and distribution of products derived from crude oil and natural<br />

gas. The downstream sector touches consumers through products such as gasoline or petrol,<br />

kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil, heating oil, fuel oil, lubricants, waxes, asphalt, natural gas, and liquefied<br />

petroleum gas (LPG) as well as hundreds of petrochemicals. Brief profiles of key entities operating in<br />

this segment in the North East are given below.<br />

Entity name<br />

Digboi refinery<br />

(IOCL)<br />

Guwahati refinery<br />

(IOCL)<br />

Bongaigaon<br />

refinery (IOCL)<br />

Numaligarh<br />

Refinery Ltd<br />

(BPCL)<br />

Presence in NER<br />

India's oldest refinery commissioned in 1901<br />

Current capacity is 0.65 MMTPA<br />

Current refining capacity is 1.0 MMTPA<br />

Formed by the amalgamation of Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (BRPL)<br />

with Indian Oil on March 25, 2009, Bongaigaon refinery is situated at Dhaligaon in Chirang<br />

district of Assam, 200 km west of Guwahati.<br />

The present capacity is 2.35 MMTPA.<br />

Set up in accordance with the provisions made in the historic Assam Accord,<br />

commissioned in October 2000 and popularly known as “Assam Accord Refinery”.<br />

The present capacity is 3.00 MMTPA.<br />

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