Question : OIL REFINERIES OF OIL COMPANIES

(a) the number of oil refineries owned by various oil companies, company-wise;

(b) the status of each oil refinery as on date;

(c) whether the Government propose to restructure the management of these oil refineries; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.373 DATED 22ND FEBRUARY,2001 REGARDING OIL REFINERIES OF OIL COMPANIES

(a): There are 17 refineries owned by different oil companies as under:-

Public Sector Oil Companies	Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)	-	7	Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL)	-	2	Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.	(BPCL)	-	1	Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (CPCL)	-	2	Kochi Refineries Ltd. (KRL)	-	1	Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (BRPL)	-	1	Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL)	-	1	Joint Sector/Private Oil Companies	Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemical Ltd. (MRPL)	-	1	Reliance Petroleum Ltd. (RPL)	-	1

(b): All the refineries are operating satisfactorily.

(c) & (d): Government have decided to integrate the public sector stand-alone refineries with the public sector oil marketing companies. Under the said arrangement, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) and Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (BRPL) would be made subsidiaries of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Kochi Refineries Limited (KRL) and Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) would be made subsidiaries of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

Question : OIL REFINERIES OF OIL COMPANIES

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