IOC Barauni Refinery

A 120,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Barauni, IN, operated by IOCL. Nelson Complexity 7.

Record

Rated capacity

120,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)

Nelson Complexity Index

7

Status

Operating

Operator

IOCL

Parent

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (NSE:IOC)

Supplier graph

bomforge.com/companies/iocl-barauni

Coordinates

25.4700, 86.0300

What coverage reports

124 days since one was reported

Indian Oil Corp Barauni refinery workers strike over unpaid overtime
2026-04-19 · 1 publisher filed it

1 reported in 12 months

operations 1

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. 20 May 2026 Policy Low
   IOCL's Terminal Facilities For Crude Oil Storage At Barauni Attract Service Tax: Patna High Court
   LiveLawBiz · matched barauni
2. 19 Apr 2026 Operations High
   Indian Oil Corp Barauni refinery workers strike over unpaid overtime
   NewsBytes · matched barauni
3. 19 Apr 2026 General Low
   Two months after labour protest at Barauni refinery, 11 men await clarity on overtime dues
   The Indian Express · matched barauni
4. 23 Feb 2026 General Low
   IOCL Barauni Refinery Apprentice Recruitment 2026 Out, Last Date To Apply Online for 224 Posts
   Adda247 · matched barauni
5. 8 Dec 2025 General Low
   IOCL Barauni Refinery to Hire Visiting Specialist Doctors; Walk-in on 9 December
   PSU Connect · matched barauni
6. 26 Nov 2025 Maintenance Medium
   Indian Oil Corporation Pushes Back Barauni Refinery Turnaround
   Industrial Info Resources · matched barauni
7. 10 Jun 2025 Expansion Medium
   IOCL approves revised project cost of Barauni refinery expansion
   Indian Infrastructure Magazine · matched barauni
8. 30 Apr 2025 Expansion Medium
   IOCL approves revised cost for Barauni Refinery expansion to Rs 16,724-cr
   Projects Today + 1 other outlet · matched barauni
9. 14 Jan 2025 General Low
   Barauni Refinery Celebrates 60 Years in Patna for Fueling India’s Growth
   Patna Press · matched barauni
10. 28 Feb 2024 Expansion Medium
    PM to inaugurate Barauni urea plant, flag off expansion of refinery on Saturday
    The Times of India · matched barauni
11. 14 Oct 2023 General Low
    Barauni Refinery Received the Best Refinery Award
    Drishti IAS · matched barauni
12. 14 May 2023 Operations Low
    Barauni Refinery achieves highest-ever crude throughput
    The Times of India · matched barauni
13. 8 Jun 2022 General Low
    Air Products to supply hydrogen, nitrogen units for IOCL's Barauni refinery
    business-standard.com + 3 other outlets · matched barauni
14. 16 Jan 2022 General Low
    Barauni Refinery to produce ATF this year: Official
    The Times of India · matched barauni
15. 6 Jan 2022 Expansion Medium
    Indian Oil lets contract for Barauni refinery expansion
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched barauni
16. 20 Sep 2021 Incident Critical
    Old video falsely linked to Barauni Refinery blast in Bihar; no deaths by Social Media
    Alt News · matched barauni
17. 17 Sep 2021 Incident Critical
    Nineteen people injured in blast at Barauni Refinery in Begusarai
    Telegraph India · matched barauni
18. 17 Sep 2021 General Low
    Barauni Refinery – Operations Update
    tennews.in + 1 other outlet · matched barauni
19. 16 Sep 2021 Incident Critical
    Bihar: 19 injured in blast at Barauni oil refinery
    The Times of India + 6 other outlets · matched barauni
20. 16 Sep 2021 Incident High
    19 people injured in furnace blow-up at Indian Oil’s Barauni Refinery
    PSU Watch · matched barauni
21. 16 Sep 2021 General Low
    IndianOil : Minor Incident At Barauni Refinery – All Personnel Are Safe
    Sarkaritel.com · matched barauni
22. 6 Aug 2021 General Low
    Indian Oil lets contract for new units at Barauni refinery
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched barauni
23. 5 Aug 2021 Expansion Medium
    McDermott Awarded Additional EPCC Project for Barauni Refinery Expansion
    PR Newswire + 1 other outlet · matched barauni
24. 6 Jul 2021 General Low
    Indian Oil Corpn awards contract for Barauni polypropylene plant
    Projects Today + 1 other outlet · matched barauni
25. 6 Jul 2021 Expansion Low
    IOC lets contract for new unit at Barauni refinery
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched barauni
26. 24 Jun 2021 General Low
    Technip awarded EPCC contract for Barauni refinery in India
    Indian Chemical News · matched barauni
27. 8 Apr 2021 Expansion Low
    Technip Energies selected to upgrade IOCL’s Barauni Refinery in India
    offshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched barauni
28. 7 Apr 2021 Expansion Low
    Technip Energies to upgrade Barauni Refinery in India
    Hydrocarbon Processing · matched barauni
29. 25 Feb 2021 General Low
    Indian Oil Written Exam For Barauni Refinery On February 28, Download Admit Card
    NDTV · matched barauni
30. 29 Jan 2021 General Low
    Indian Oil Invites Applications To Fill Vacancies In Barauni Refinery, Bihar
    NDTV · matched barauni
31. 30 Aug 2020 Expansion Low
    IOC to Expand Barauni Refinery
    egyptoil-gas.com + 1 other outlet · matched barauni
32. 28 Aug 2020 Expansion Medium
    IndianOil to invest $1bn in Barauni refinery expansion
    NS Energy · matched barauni
33. 28 Aug 2020 Expansion Low
    IOC reported to be expanding Barauni refinery in Bihar, India
    offshore-technology.com + 1 other outlet · matched barauni
34. 27 Aug 2020 Expansion Low
    IOC says to expand Barauni refinery as part of Rs 2.05 lakh crore projects under implementation
    ET EnergyWorld · matched barauni
35. 13 Jul 2020 Expansion Medium
    Barauni Oil Refinery Expansion, Begusarai, Bihar, India
    NS Energy · matched barauni
36. 21 Apr 2020 General Low
    ABB Power Grids wins order for IOC’s Barauni refinery
    T&D India · matched barauni
37. 21 Apr 2020 General Low
    reliable grid connection at its Barauni refinery in Bihar.
    ProjectsMonitor · matched barauni
38. 8 Apr 2020 Expansion Medium
    L&T wins 'large' contract from Indian Oil for capacity expansion at Barauni Refinery
    ET EnergyWorld + 2 other outlets · matched barauni
39. 8 Apr 2020 General Low
    L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering bags EPCC contract for IOC's Barauni Refinery, Bihar
    business-standard.com + 2 other outlets · matched barauni
40. 3 Feb 2020 Expansion Medium
    IOC approves capacity expansion at Barauni refinery
    Oil & Gas Journal · matched barauni
41. 14 Feb 2019 General Low
    Indian Oil's Barauni refinery violated environmental norms: Expert Appraisal Committee
    ET EnergyWorld · matched barauni
42. 14 Dec 2018 General Low
    CBI arrests Barauni Refinery official while accepting bribe
    business-standard.com + 1 other outlet · matched barauni
43. 15 Nov 2017 General Low
    New ED of IOC Barauni refinery unit
    thehindubusinessline.com · matched barauni
44. 30 Sep 2016 Expansion Medium
    Indian Oil to expand Barauni refinery with Rs 8,287 crore investment
    ET EnergyWorld · matched barauni
45. 5 Aug 2015 General Low
    Indian Oil's Barauni Refinery capacity to be increased from 6 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA
    ET EnergyWorld · matched barauni
46. 21 Jan 2015 General Low
    Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launches CSR schemes at IOC’s Barauni refinery township
    ET EnergyWorld · matched barauni
47. 31 Aug 2002 General Low
    LT Builds Hydrogen Unit For IOCs Barauni Refinery
    Projects Today · matched barauni
48. 11 Jan 2002 General Low
    IOC's Barauni Refinery achieves five star rating
    The Economic Times · matched barauni

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