Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) - a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Oil India Ltd and Government of Assam – will utilise Indian Oil Corporation Ltd’s (IOCL) crude oil handling facility at Paradip Port for the proposed expansion of its refinery from 3 million metric tonne per annum (MMTPA) to 9 MMTPA. A tripartiate MoU was signed between NRL, IOCL and Paradip Port Trust for this on April 16, 2017.
Numaligarh Refinery Limited has planned to expand the capacity of its refinery from 3 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA. Under the expansion plan, a crude oil pipeline from Paradip Port in