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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