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Oil Refineries 📌
NCERT-aligned UPSC Core Geography topic from NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar). Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Industries — Petroleum.
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Key locations covered (20)
- Jamnagar Refinery — Gujarat · Reliance
- Mathura Refinery — Uttar Pradesh · IOCL
- Panipat Refinery — Haryana · IOCL
- Kochi Refinery — Kerala · BPCL
- Mumbai Refinery (Mahul) — BPCL — Maharashtra · BPCL
- Mumbai Refinery (Mahul) — HPCL — Maharashtra · HPCL
- Visakhapatnam Refinery — Andhra Pradesh · HPCL
- Chennai (Manali) Refinery — Tamil Nadu · CPCL
- Haldia Refinery — West Bengal · IOCL
- Barauni Refinery — Bihar · IOCL
- Guwahati Refinery — Assam · IOCL
- Digboi Refinery — Assam · IOCL (AOD)
- Bongaigaon Refinery — Assam · IOCL
- Numaligarh Refinery — Assam · NRL
- Paradip Refinery — Odisha · IOCL
- Mangalore Refinery (MRPL) — Karnataka · MRPL/ONGC
- Bina Refinery — Madhya Pradesh · BPCL
- Bathinda Refinery (HMEL) — Punjab · HMEL
- Vadinar Refinery (Nayara Energy) — Gujarat · Nayara
- Tatipaka Refinery — Andhra Pradesh · ONGC
Sample questions (12 of 89)
Owner of Jamnagar refinery?
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
Total capacity of Jamnagar refinery complex?
~68 MTPA (1.4 million bpd) — world's largest single-location refinery
Year Jamnagar refinery was commissioned?
1999 (DTA); SEZ unit in 2008
Two units at Jamnagar are?
DTA (Domestic Tariff Area) refinery and SEZ refinery (export-oriented)
Jamnagar refinery's complexity index (Nelson)?
~21.1 — one of highest in the world
Crude source for Jamnagar?
Imported (Middle East, Africa, Latin America); processes heavy/sour crude
Jamnagar exports to?
USA, Europe, Africa via Sikka port
Owner of Mathura refinery?
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
Year of commissioning?
1982
Capacity of Mathura refinery?
8 MTPA
Mathura refinery was opposed for environmental impact on?
Taj Mahal (Agra) — led to Supreme Court orders, M C Mehta case
Crude source for Mathura?
Bombay High + imported via Salaya-Mathura pipeline
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Industries — Petroleum. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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