IOCL Panipat Refinery — India
Refinery in India. Approximate location 29.47308, 76.87831.
RefineryIndiaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
IOCL Panipat Refinery is a refinery in India. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery. It is operated by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. It emits about 3,253,089 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.65% of the CO₂e from the 297 facilities in India that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143916.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- IOCL Panipat cogeneration power plant · Gas · 110 MW · 1 km
- IOCL Panipat Naphtha Cracker Captive cogeneration power plant · Gas · 238 MW · 2 km
- Assan · Solar · 10 MW · 6 km
- PANIPAT · Coal · 710 MW · 8 km
- Panipat · Solar · 10 MW · 9 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: oil-and-gas-refining. As refinery, it requires high process heat (typically 200–600°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 3,253,089 t CO₂e a year looks like
This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 3.3M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), IOCL Panipat Refinery carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €245M/yr.
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Operator
Operated by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
IOCL Panipat Refinery sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 29.5°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1258 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.97× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby sites
Nearby industrial sites
- IOCL Panipat Petrochemicals, Haryana, New Delhi · Petrochemical · 1,133,369 t CO₂
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- Asia Fine Cements Rajpura Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 671,513 t CO₂
- CPP Century Pulp & Paper · Pulp & Paper Mill
- Jindal Stainless Hisar steel plant · Steel Plant · 426,071 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 29.47308, 76.87831. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is IOCL Panipat Refinery?
IOCL Panipat Refinery is a refinery in India. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
How much CO₂ does IOCL Panipat Refinery emit?
The page uses about 3,253,089 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #37 among facilities in India by estimated CO₂.
Where is IOCL Panipat Refinery located?
IOCL Panipat Refinery is in India at approximately 29.47308, 76.87831.
Who operates IOCL Panipat Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.