BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Indian Oil) is 's largest public corporation in terms of revenue and is one of the five Maharatna status companies of India, apart from India Limited, NTPC Limited, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Limited. It is the highest ranked Indian company and the world's 119th largest public corporation in the prestigious Fortune 'Global 500' listing in the year 2015. Beginning in 1959 as Indian Oil Company Ltd., Ltd. was formed in 1964 with the merger of Indian Refineries Ltd. (Estd. 1958). Indian Oil accounts for nearly half of India's petroleum products market share, 35% national refining capacity (together with its subsidiary Petroleum Corporation Ltd., or CPCL), and 71% downstream sector pipelines through capacity. The Indian Oil Group owns and operates 11 of India's 23 refineries with a combined refining capacity of 80.7 MMTPA (million metric tons per annum).

There are nine refineries located at Guwahati, Digboi, Barauni, , Haldia, Mathura, Panipat, and Paradeep these also include refineries of subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (CPCL).

The Corporation's cross-country pipelines network, for transportation of crude oil to refineries and finished products to high-demand centers, spans over 11,220 km. With a throughout capacity of 80.49 MMTPA for crude oil and petroleum products and 9.5 MMSCMD for gas, this network meets the vital energy needs of the consumers in an efficient, economical and environment-friendly manner.

This is Petroleum product storage capacity enhancement project at existing Ratlam petroleum terminal at Ratlam, of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. To meet the demand of the POL product to the end users, IOCL has proposed to enhance the POL storage capacity of the plant by constructing 2 X 10,000 KL MS Tanks, 3 X 20,000 KL HSD & 1 X 6,000 KL nd Biodiesel Tanks and 2 spur tank wagon railway loading/unloading facility, Product pump house for tank wagon unloading, New mechanized OWS/ETP. The present storage capacity of the POL is 77,918 KL. After enhancement the total capacity of the terminal will be 1,63,918 KL. At present IOCL Ratlam terminal is handling petroleum products such as MS, SKO, HSD, ATF, Ethanol and Biodiesel after expansion. MS and Ethanol fall under Class ‘A’ flammable Petroleum products while ATF, SKO, HSD and Biodiesel fall under Class ‘B’ flammable Petroleum product.

The project activities fall under item no. 6 (b): “Isolated storage & handling of hazardous chemicals under the category “B” (general conditions apply)” as per the EIA notification 2006 and its amendments. The petroleum products are coming to plant by Pipeline from Ratlam Koyali Pipeline Ex- Koyali Refinery. Petroleum products are store in respective storage tanks. Ratlam Terminal is an automated inland Terminal spread over an area of 97 acres and situated in Village: Bangrod, Tehsil: Ratlam, District: Ratlam which is about 12 km from Ratlam city.

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