Guru Gobind Singh Refinery

A 230,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Bathinda, IN, operated by HMEL.

Record

Rated capacity

230,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)

Status

Operating

Operator

HMEL

Parent

HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited

Supplier graph

bomforge.com/companies/hmel-bathinda

Coordinates

20.9506, 78.0533

Notes

Bathinda; NCI 12.6

What coverage reports

1,273 days since one was reported

Oil leakage leads to fire at Bathinda refinery
2023-02-25 · 1 publisher filed it

0 reported in 12 months

2024-092026-08

stories filed per month · red = a disruption

These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.

Wire

1. 16 Mar 2026 Expansion Medium
   Bathinda refinery triples LPG production amid shortage
   Tribune India · matched bathinda, guru
2. 24 Dec 2025 Expansion Medium
   HMEL to invest Rs 2,600-cr at Guru Gobind Singh Refineryin Bhatinda for expansion
   Projects Today + 1 other outlet · matched guru, gobind
3. 24 Dec 2025 Expansion Medium
   Punjab minister: Energy firm HMEL to spend Rs 2,600 crore on expansion
   Tribune India · matched guru, gobind
4. 24 Dec 2025 Expansion Medium
   HMEL Announces ₹2,600 Crore Investment at Guru Gobind Singh Refinery
   Chemical Industry Digest · matched guru, gobind
5. 24 Dec 2025 Expansion Low
   HMEL to invest Rs 2,600 crore in Bathinda refinery
   The Economic Times · matched bathinda
6. 23 Dec 2025 Expansion Medium
   HMEL to invest ₹2,600 crore in Bathinda refinery for downstream expansion
   business-standard.com · matched bathinda
7. 23 Dec 2025 Expansion Low
   HMEL to invest ₹2,600 crore at Guru Gobind Singh Refinery
   BusinessLine · matched guru, gobind
8. 11 Sep 2025 Expansion Low
   HPCL-Mittal Energy to expand Bathinda refinery capacity by December
   Projects Today · matched bathinda
9. 12 Aug 2025 Maintenance Critical
   India's HMEL plans to shut refinery for 40-day maintenance, sources say
   Reuters · matched guru, gobind
10. 6 May 2025 General Low
    Punjab: 3 workers die cleaning sewage plant in Bathinda refinery township | Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times · matched bathinda
11. 17 Jan 2025 General Low
    Engineers India Limited reached a milestone at the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery
    PSU Connect · matched guru, gobind
12. 31 Jul 2024 General Low
    Security deployed near Bathinda refinery
    The Times of India · matched bathinda
13. 11 Jul 2024 General Low
    Tension at Bathinda oil refinery: ‘Receiving threat calls from local truck operators’, contractual transporters to cops
    The Indian Express · matched bathinda
14. 9 Jul 2024 General Low
    Tension at Bathinda refinery as ‘outsiders’, locals lock horns over transportation of goods
    The Indian Express · matched bathinda
15. 28 Mar 2024 General Low
    HMEL Commissions Guru Gobind Singh Refinery in Bathinda
    Industrial Info Resources · matched bathinda, guru
16. 12 Sep 2023 General Low
    Guru Gobind Singh Refinery to set up mini science centres in 5 govt schools, first started
    ET Education · matched guru, gobind
17. 25 Feb 2023 Incident High
    Oil leakage leads to fire at Bathinda refinery
    The Tribune · matched bathinda
18. 24 Feb 2023 Incident High
    Fire breaks out at Bathinda refinery, brought under control soon
    The Indian Express · matched bathinda
19. 24 Feb 2023 Incident High
    Massive fire at Punjab's Bathinda refinery; no casualties so far, cause to be ascertained
    ETV Bharat · matched bathinda
20. 3 Sep 2022 General Low
    Bhagwant Mann assures support, cooperation to Guru Gobind Singh refinery project
    ET EnergyWorld · matched guru, gobind
21. 23 May 2022 General Low
    Natural gas supply reaches Bathinda refinery | Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times · matched bathinda
22. 22 May 2022 General Low
    Natural gas supply reaches Bathinda refinery
    financialexpress.com · matched bathinda
23. 21 May 2022 General Low
    GAIL lays dedicated pipeline for HPCL-Mittal Energy’s Bathinda refinery
    Moneycontrol.com · matched bathinda
24. 4 Nov 2021 General Critical
    Violent protest erupts at Bathinda refinery after worker’s death , 6 vehicles set ablaze | Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times · matched bathinda
25. 5 Oct 2021 General Low
    India's HMEL to start Bathinda cracker by March 2022
    Reuters · matched bathinda
26. 8 Jan 2021 Operations Critical
    HMEL to shut Bathinda refinery for 40 days from end-January: Report
    business-standard.com + 3 other outlets · matched bathinda
27. 22 Feb 2019 General Low
    Punjab: Guru Gobind Singh Refinery felicitates 67 meritorious students
    The Times of India · matched guru, gobind
28. 24 Sep 2018 General Low
    HPCL inks pact for bitumen unit at JV refinery in Bathinda
    Projects Today · matched bathinda
29. 21 Sep 2018 General Low
    HPCL to run bitumen unit at JV refinery in Bathinda
    thehindubusinessline.com · matched bathinda
30. 9 May 2018 General Low
    Punjab cabinet nod to interest-free loan for Bathinda refinery | Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times · matched bathinda
31. 31 Mar 2018 General Low
    Hit by ‘goonda tax’, Bathinda refinery prefers rail route
    The Tribune · matched bathinda
32. 23 Feb 2018 General Low
    Bathinda refinery ‘explores’ viability of Haryana road link
    The Tribune · matched bathinda
33. 4 Feb 2018 General Low
    ‘Goonda tax’ returns to haunt Bathinda refinery transporters
    The Tribune · matched bathinda
34. 8 Sep 2017 General Low
    Bathinda refinery ties up $2 billion from 12 banks for petchem plant
    livemint.com · matched bathinda
35. 5 Jul 2017 General Low
    India's HMEL delays full start of Bathinda refinery to end-July: Sources
    Moneycontrol.com · matched bathinda
36. 26 Jun 2017 General Low
    HMEL lets contract for Bathinda refinery
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched bathinda
37. 27 Apr 2017 Operations Low
    Transporters’ union holds Bathinda refinery to ransom
    The Tribune · matched bathinda
38. 24 Apr 2017 General Low
    Products transportation issue resurfaces at Guru Gobind Singh refinery | Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times · matched guru, gobind
39. 31 Jan 2017 General Low
    As Punjab stares at polls, villagers near Guru Gobind Singh Refinery cry for justice
    The New Indian Express · matched guru, gobind
40. 27 Aug 2016 General Low
    Transporters damage trucks outside Bathinda refinery | Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times · matched bathinda
41. 19 Aug 2016 Operations Critical
    HMEL to shut Bathinda refinery from mid-March to raise its capacity: report
    livemint.com · matched bathinda
42. 22 Jul 2016 General Low
    Work hit at Bathinda refinery
    The Tribune · matched bathinda
43. 20 Dec 2014 General Low
    Mittal says Bathinda refinery capacity may double
    Firstpost · matched bathinda
44. 21 Jun 2014 Incident Critical
    Blast, fire in Bathinda refinery, none hurt
    The Hindu · matched bathinda
45. 21 Jun 2014 Incident High
    Fire at Bathinda refinery reignites villagers’ demand for relocation | Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times · matched bathinda
46. 20 Jun 2014 Incident Critical
    HPCL-Mittal shuts VGO unit at Bathinda refinery after fire
    The Economic Times · matched bathinda
47. 19 Jul 2013 General Low
    Bathinda refinery capacity to be increased to 11.3 MTPA
    ProjectsMonitor · matched bathinda
48. 9 May 2013 General Low
    Pollution by Bathinda refinery: Administration ready to relocate villagers
    The Indian Express · matched bathinda
49. 30 Apr 2012 General Low
    PTU to train staff for Bathinda refinery: VC | Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times · matched bathinda
50. 30 Apr 2012 General Low
    PM dedicates Guru Gobind Singh refinery to the nation
    Projects Today · matched guru, gobind
51. 28 Apr 2012 General Low
    PM launches Rs.21,500 crore Bathinda refinery
    hillpost.in · matched bathinda
52. 20 Apr 2012 General Low
    Prime Minister to inaugurate Bathinda refinery
    Hill Post · matched bathinda
53. 30 Mar 2012 General Low
    HPCL Mittals Bathinda Refinery Begins Commercial Production
    Projects Today · matched bathinda
54. 29 Mar 2012 General Low
    Bathinda Refinery To Be Inaugurated In April: Sukhbir
    5 Dariya News · matched bathinda
55. 29 Mar 2012 General Low
    Bathinda refinery of HPCL-Mittal on stream
    The Hindu · matched bathinda
56. 30 Aug 2011 General Low
    Bathinda refinery starts crude processing
    livemint.com · matched bathinda
57. 5 Aug 2011 General Low
    Bathinda Refinery To Start By Oct-Dec
    India TV News · matched bathinda
58. 11 Dec 2010 Expansion Medium
    Bathinda refinery to attract Rs.1,300-crore investment in downstream projects
    The Hindu · matched bathinda
59. 2 Sep 2010 Expansion Low
    Mittal, HPCL to offload stake in Bathinda refinery
    Projects Today · matched bathinda
60. 26 Aug 2010 General Low
    HMEL selects IMB for Bathinda refinery
    Projects Today · matched bathinda

4 older records held in the corpus. Every item names this facility by city or plant name in its headline or summary. Operator-only mentions never attribute. Headlines and links belong to the publishers named.