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Kochi Refinery (Petroleum Industry in Kerala)

Kochi Refinery

Kochi Refinery is a Crude oil Refinery in the city of Kochi in Kerala, India. It is the largest public sector refinery in India with a production capacity of 31.50 million tones per year. It is Private Sector Oil Refinery. Kochi Refinery was founded by 27 April, 1963. Kochi Refinery Limited it was acquired by Bharat Petroleum Coorperation Limited (BPCL) in the year 2006. 

The Company was formally registered as Cochin Refineries Ltd. on 6 September, 1963 at Ernakulam. Phillips Petroleum International Corperation was the Prime contractors for the construction of the refinery. 

Products 

Kochi Refinery makes Speciality products for domestic markets Viz. Benzene, Toluene, White Spirit, Poly Iso Butene and Sulphur.

Kochi Refinery offers supplies of any grade Fuel Oil (both 180 cst and 380 cst) and Low Aromatic Naphthene (High Paraffinic) to the international market.


Kochi Refinery also produces speciality grade bitumen products like Natural Rubber Modified Bitumen, Bitumen Emulsion etc.

The Fuel Oil has been bench marked in the Singapore and Dubai Fuel Oil markets.


Currently Kochi Refinery is known as BPCL Kochi Refinery (BPCL KR). KR had undergone a capacity expansion which made it a 15.5 million tonnes per year refinery. This project called Integrated Refinery Expansion Project will also mark KR's foray into petrochemical business. It is a 20,000 crores rupees project.

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