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Digboi refinery is known as birthplace of the oil Industry in India. It was commissioned on 11 December 1901. It has the distinction of being Asia's first refinery and one of oldest still in operation. [ 1 ]
Digboi Refinery, commissioned on 1901,is India's oldest operating refinery and one of the oldest operating refineries in the world and termed as the "Gangotri of the Indian Hydrocarbon sector."
The Digboi Refinery modernization project was taken up in large-scale in order to overcome the technological obsolescence of the old refinery. Subsequently, a number of other major projects were undertaken by Assam Oil Division to further revamp and modernize Digboi Refinery. Digboi refinery has been awarded the ISO-14001 and OHSMC certificate.
The Digboi Refinery processes crude in wax form from oil fields near Digboi. The refinery underwent modernisation by the commissioning of a Crude and Vacuum Distillation Unit (CDU), a Delayed Coking Unit (DCU), and a Catalytic Reforming Unit (CRU) at the end of the 1990s.
Jul 19, 2024 · The government has prioritized the enhancement of these heritage zones, with Digboi Municipality earning national acclaim. Efforts are also underway to expand the capacity of Digboi Refinery, Asia's oldest oil refinery."
Jul 19, 2024 · Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. is progressing with the 350,000-tpy expansion of its 650,000-tpy Digboi refinery in Tinsukia District of Digboi, in the northeastern region of Assam, India.
Today, Digboi is globally renowned for a 100-year-old surviving oilfield and the world's oldest operating oil refinery. The Digboi Centenary Oil Museum, built on the periphery of the first oil well dug in 1890, is a testimony to the long history of the petroleum industry in Assam.