Introduction: Barauni Refinery Barauni Refinery is an oil refinery located in the Begusarai city of Bihar state, India, and operated by the Indian Oil Corporation. It was commissioned in 1964 and built-in collaboration with the Soviet Union. Since then, the refinery has undergone several expansions, and its current capacity stands at 6.1 million tonnes per … Read more
Introduction: Barmer Refinery Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and the Government of Rajasthan jointly operate the Barmer Refinery, situated in Pachpadra near Balotra, in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, India. The Barmer Refinery will connect with Jamnagar Refinery and Bathinda Refinery through Amritsar Jamnagar Expressway upon completion in January 2024. It will have the capacity … Read more
The Ghawar field is a legendary oil field located in Saudi Arabia. It is considered the largest oil field in the world, with an estimated production capacity of up to 5.7 million barrels of oil per day. Discovered in 1948, the field has been the backbone of the Saudi Arabian oil industry for over 70 … Read more
The BASF Ludwigshafen Chemical Complex is a major chemical production site located in Ludwigshafen, Germany. It is operated by BASF, one of the largest chemical companies in the world. The complex is the company’s largest production site, covering an area of over 10 square kilometers with 200 production plants. The BASF Ludwigshafen Chemical Complex is … Read more
Thal unit is a urea manufacturing complex built by RCF (Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd), a leading Public Sector Undertaking in India, engaged in the production and marketing of fertilizers and industrial chemicals. The Thal unit primarily manufactures urea and has an installed capacity of 2.0 million MT per annum (mmtpa). The unit also manufactures … Read more
Avantium started construction of a pilot project using its YXY Technology for the production of furanics at Chemelot site in Geleen, Netherlands in October 2010. Furanics are a class of chemical building blocks used to produce innovative green fuels, chemicals and renewable materials. Part of this pilot plant set-up is a Tamar polyester pilot plant … Read more
Reliance Refinery Jamnagar Reliance Petroleum Ltd or RPL (merged into Reliance Industries Ltd) started construction of its first refinery and petrochemical complex, DTA (domestic-tariff area) in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, in 1996. The unit, said to be the largest refinery and petrochemicals complex ever built from the ground up, was operational in 1998 with an installed … Read more