Digboi Refinery
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The Digboi Refinery was set up at Digboi in 1901 by Assam Oil Company Ltd.. The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) took over the refinery and marketing management of Assam Oil Company Ltd. with effect from 1981 and created a separate division. This division has both refinery and marketing operations. The refinery at Digboi had an installed capacity 0.50 MMTPA (million metric tonnes per annum). The refining capacity of the refinery was increased to 0.65 MMTPA by modernization of refinery in July, 1996. A new delayed Coking Unit of 1,70,000 TPA capacity was commissioned in 1999. A new Solvent Dewaxing Unit for maximizing production of microcrystalline wax was installed and commissioned in 2003. The refinery has also installed Hydrotreater-UOP in 2002 to improve the quality of diesel. Speciality products :: RHINOWAX ::RHINOWAX Paraffin Wax Paraffin Wax is produced only from refineries, which have wax production units. There are three types of Paraffin Wax namely Type-1, Type-2 and Type-3. These categories are based on the oil content ( WAXY CRUDE ).
Production Paraffin Wax is produced only at Digboi and CPCL Refineries of IndianOil. End uses The major use of Paraffin Wax is for candle manufacture. The other uses are for manufacture of Tarpaulin and wax papers..
Marketing arrangement
Paraffin Wax is sold ex Digboi refinery as well as other upcountry storage points – Bassein (Maharashtra), Bijwasan (Delhi), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Jalandhar (Punjab), Sambalpur (Orissa) and Sanathnagar (Andhra Pradesh), on ex MI basis. It is also sold through Distributors..
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