Feb 23 (Reuters) – Indian refiners’ crude throughput fell by 0.2% month-on-month in January to 5.63 million barrels per day (23.81 million metric tons), provisional government data showed on Monday.
Refinery throughput in December was at 5.64 million barrels per day (23.86 million metric tons).
On a year-on-year basis, refinery throughput was little changed in January.
India is the world’s third-biggest oil importer and consumer.
Data showed that India’s fuel consumption fell to 21.05 million metric tons in January from 21.71 million the previous month but gained nearly 3% compared with the same period last year.
Earlier this month, an Indian foreign ministry spokesperson said that India is open to buying oil from nations, including Venezuela, depending on commercial viability. The United States, which threatened to impose tariffs on India last year for buying Venezuelan oil, has told Delhi it can resume those purchases soon to help replace imports of Russian oil, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters in early February.
REFINERY PRODUCTION IN TERMS OF CRUDE THROUGHPUT (in 1,000 tons):
January 2026 December 2025 January 2025 April
2025-January
2026
Actual Actual Actual Actual
IOCL, Barauni 541 581 544
5,315
IOCL, Koyali 1,492 1,470 1,316
10,376
IOCL, Haldia 725 721 744
7,050
IOCL, Mathura 863 875 740
8,393
IOCL, Panipat 1,279 1,410 1,319
13,333
IOCL, Guwahati 114 113 105
1,076
IOCL, Digboi 65 57 66
587
IOCL, Bongaigaon 266 260 257
2,556
IOCL, Paradip 1,384 1,371 1,436
13,762
CPCL, Manali 1,021 1,074 1,002
9,800
BPCL, Mumbai 1,377 1,368 1,391
13,468
BPCL, Kochi 1,518 1,406 1,523
14,620
BPCL, Bina 727 707 688
6,093
NRL, Numaligarh 261 284 288
2,566
ONGC, Tatipaka 7 7 7
65
MRPL, Mangalore 1,532 1,543 1,577
13,902
HPCL, Mumbai 828 828 883
8,288
HPCL, Visakh 1,296 1,346 1,423
13,442
HMEL, Bathinda 1,155 640 1,116
9,494
RIL, Jamnagar 2,916 3,023 3,032
28,097
RIL, SEZ 2,851 3,186 2,578
28,439
Nayara, Vadinar 1,589 1,592 1,744
15,877
TOTAL 23,807 23,862 23,779
226,748
Source: Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
IOC: Indian Oil Corp
BPCL: Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd
HPCL: Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd
CPCL: Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd
MRPL: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd
Reliance Industries Ltd
Please note that CPCL’s CBR refinery is de-commissioned under shutdown due to limitation in meeting required product specifications with the existing configuration.
(Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore)