IndianOil dedicated to making available BS-IV fuel for a cleaner and greener Nation
Mumbai 22-Jun-2015
Indian Oil Corporation, country’s largest fuel retailer, by now has made BS-IV grade fuels available in 63 cities, as per the mandate of the Government of India.
IndianOil pioneered the introduction of BS-IV grade fuels in 13 cities in a phased manner between April - October 2010 including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata and then expanded further to another 50 cities by mid-March 2015, taking the total to 63 cities.
IndianOil’s Gujarat, Haldia, Mathura and Panipat refineries have been revamped at an expenditure of about Rs 15000 crore to produce BS-IV grade fuels. However, in order to ensure supply of BS-IV grade fuels to the entire country by 1st April 2017, IndianOil is investing another Rs. 3100 crore for developing 100% BS-IV compliant MS and HSD production facilities at its Gujarat and Barauni Refineries.
With effect from 1.04.2015, BS-IV grade fuels are being supplied to the states of Harayana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, J&K (except Leh/Kargil), Punjab including Union Territory of Chandigarh, 4 Districts in Rajasthan (i.e Bharatpur, Alwar, Hanumangarh, Sriganganagar) and 28 Districts in Uttar Pradesh (i.e Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpet, Merrut, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshar, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Rampur, Moradabad, Aligarh, Badaun, Bareilly, Mathura, Mahamaya Nagar, Itah, Agra, Firozabad, Etawah & Manipuri, Pilibhit, Shamli, Sambhal, Farukkabad, Kannauj, Auria and Kashganj).
In line with the recommendation of Expert Committee on Auto Fuel Vision & Policy – 2025 and as per directive of MoP&NG, IndianOil is gearing up its supply and distribution network to ensure availability of BS-IV grade fuels by 1st April 2016 to the states of Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and the Union Territory of Daman & Due, Dadra-Nagar-Haveli and Andaman & Nicobar, parts of Maharashtra (Thane & Pune Districts) and parts of Gujarat (Surat, Valsad, Dangs & Tapi Districts). The corridor spanning the highway link through Gujarat & Rajasthan linking Northern India to the ports on the West coast will also be covered.
About Indian Oil Corporation
IndianOil closed the year 2014-15 with a sales turnover of Rs. 4,37,526 crore (USD 71,538 Million) and profits of Rs. 5,273 crore (USD 862 Million. It owns and operates 10 of India's 22 refineries with a combined refining capacity of 65.7 MMTPA (million metric tonnes per annum), i.e., approx. 1.31 million barrels per day. The Corporation's cross-country pipelines network, for transportation of crude oil and finished products, spans over 11,220 km, with a throughput capacity of 80.49 MMTPA for crude oil and petroleum products and 9.5 MMSCMD for gas. IndianOil's network of almost 43,000 customer touch-points spread across urban and rural India reach petroleum products to every nook and corner of the country. These include over 24,400 petrol & diesel stations, including over 6,200 Kisan Seva Kendra outlets (KSKs) in the rural markets. They are backed for supplies by 136 bulk storage terminals and depots, 98 aviation fuel stations and 91 LPG bottling plants. Indane LPG cooking gas reaches the doorsteps of 8.8 crore households in about 3,264 markets.
