The refinery was inaugurated by Late Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India.
The refinery was built with Romanian Collaboration and has a capacity of 1.0 million metric tonnes per annum.
The ISOSIV unit produces Lead Free Petrol by the Molecular Sieve Technology, which separates Octane rich MS components from feed naphtha.
The Hydrotreater Unit (HDT) enables the Refinery to produce High Speed Diesel of very low sulphur and cetane number conforming to BIS specifications.
The HDT also produces ATF, Superior Kerosene Oil with high smoke point and low sulphur.