Question

Name the refineries in the following states:
• Uttar Pradesh
• Bihar
• Haryana

Answer 1

Answer- Refinery is a place where raw materials are converted into the valuable substance by removing all the impurities like crude oil is converted into gasoline or petroleum products at the oil refinery.

• Uttar Pradesh – Mathura refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Located in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh is the sixth refinery of Indian Oil. It processes low sulphur crude from Bombay High and high sulphur crude from the Middle East. It also imported low sulphur crude from Nigeria.

• Bihar – Barauni refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited. It was built in collaboration with the Soviet Union in the Bihar state of India.

• Haryana – Panipat Refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited. It was set up in 1998 in the Baholi village of Panipat, Haryana. It is South East Asia’s largest integrated petrochemicals plants.

Answer 2

Refineries of India

Explanation:

Uttar Pradesh: Mathura refinery by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited. This refinery processes low-sulphur crude from Bombay High and high-sulphur crude from the Middle East. It also imports low-sulphur crude from Nigeria.

Bihar: Barauni refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited. Built in collaboration with the Soviet Union.

Haryana: Panipat refinery, Indian Oil Corporation Limited. This is the largest integrated petrochemical plant in Southeast Asia. Built in 1998 in the Baholi village of Panipat district in Haryana. It is South East Asia’s largest integrated petrochemicals plants.