Nagapattinam refinery

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Nagapattinam is a new refinery planned by IOCL in India.

Will be located on the sire of the existing Cauvery Basin refinery.

Total project cost is $4.2B

Refinery configuration

Complexity: 

Major process units:

Atmospheric distillation - 180 kbpd

Condensate splitter   

Vacuum distillation - 80 kbpd   

Coker - 42 kbpd 

RCC    

Resid hydrocracker    

Solvent deasphalting    

Visbreaker    

Thermal cracking    

Hydrocracker     

FCC - 46 kbpd     

Alkylation    

Polymerization    

C5/C6 Isomerization - 15 kbpd  

Reformer - 14 kbpd - Continuous (CCR) unit

Naphtha hydrotreater - 35 kbpd   

FCC gasoline hydrotreater - 16 kbpd   

Kerosene hydrotreater   

Distillate hydrotreater - 102 kbpd   

VGO hydrotreater - 56 kbpd   

Resid hydrotreater   

C4 Isomerization   

Aromatics extraction   

Hydrogen production   

Oxygenates plant   

Base oil plant   

Asphalt plant   

Resid gasifier   

Location


Refinery history

2022 - Site work began

2026 - Expected online date