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Gujarat is a large, medium complexity refinery located in India.
The refinery is owned and operated by IOCL.
Complexity: 9.1
Atmospheric distillation - 275 kbpd
Reformer - Semiregen unit Continuous (CCR) unit
P.O, 94CC+527, Gujarat Refinery Twp, Karachiya, Vadodara, Gujarat 391320, India
1965 - Refinery commissioned with 40 kbpd capacity
1966 - Second crude distillation unit and Catalytic Reforming Unit were installed
1967 - Third 1.0 MMTPA crude distillation unit (AU-3) was commissioned in 1967 to process Ankleshwar & North Gujarat crudes.
1968 - Udex plant was commissioned for the production of benzene & toluene using feedstock available from CRU.
1975 - Capacity of the refinery was further increased to a level of 4.2 MMTPA.
1979 - To process imported crude, the refinery was expanded by adding another 3 MMTPA crude distillation unit (AU-4) along with downstream processing units like Vacuum Distillation, Visbreaker & Bitumen Blowing Unit.
1982 - For recovery of high-value products from the residue, the secondary processing facilities consisting of a Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) were commissioned and the crude processing capacity of the refinery was further increased to 9.5 MMTPA.
1994 - Commissioned the country’s first Hydrocracker Unit for conversion of heavier ends of crude oil to high-value superior products.
1999 - The country’s first Diesel Hydrodesulphurization Unit (DHDS) to reduce Sulphur content in diesel was commissioned and MTBE Unit was to eliminate lead in MS. 5th crude distillation unit (AU–5), Gujarat Refinery further augmented its capacity to 13.7 MMTPA.
2004 - the world’s largest single-train Linear Alkyl Benzene Plant with an annual capacity of 1,20,000 tonnes was set up.
2026 - Expected commissioning of major expansion to 360 kbpd