Digboi Refinery
Location: Digboi, Tinsukia district, Assam.
Founded in: 1901
Status: In Operation.
Industry: EXTRACTIVE (Oil)
Founded in: 1901
Status: In Operation.
Industry: EXTRACTIVE (Oil)
Owned and Set up by the Assam Oil Company Limited/Burmah Oil Company. In 1981 became the Assam Oil Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited. India's first oil refinery, India’s oldest operating refinery and one of the oldest operating refineries in the world.
The small town of Digboi in the remote north eastern corner of the country is the birth place of the Oil Industry in India. Digboi Refinery, commissioned on 11th December 1901, is India’s oldest operating refinery and one of the oldest operating refineries in the world. The historic Digboi Refinery has been termed as the "Gangotri of the Indian Hydrocarbon sector.”
The small town of Digboi in the remote north eastern corner of the country is the birth place of the Oil Industry in India. Digboi Refinery, commissioned on 11th December 1901, is India’s oldest operating refinery and one of the oldest operating refineries in the world. The historic Digboi Refinery has been termed as the "Gangotri of the Indian Hydrocarbon sector.”
Sources:
1.https://www.iocl.com/aboutus/DigboiRefinery.aspx
2.https://www.tourmyindia.com/states/assam/digboi-oil-refinery.html
3.http://www.assaminfo.com/tourist-places/
4/digboi-refinery.htm 4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digboi_Refinery
5.http://www.bharatonline.com/assam/digboi/oil-refinery.html
1.https://www.iocl.com/aboutus/DigboiRefinery.aspx
2.https://www.tourmyindia.com/states/assam/digboi-oil-refinery.html
3.http://www.assaminfo.com/tourist-places/
4/digboi-refinery.htm 4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digboi_Refinery
5.http://www.bharatonline.com/assam/digboi/oil-refinery.html