Question 3259

Numaligarh Refinery is located in which State?

Answer

Assam

Why?

The Numaligarh Refinery Limited is public sector crude oil refinery located in Golaghat district, Assam in India. It is a joint venture between Bharat Petroleum (61.65%), Oil India (26%) and Govt of Assam (12.35%). On October 22, 2017, it signed an agreement with Bangladesh to import oil. ​The deal between Bangladesh Petroleum Corp. and Numaligarh Refinery Ltd was signed in presence of India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral issues. Under the deal, BPC will take up to 250,000 tonnes of gas oil each year from NRL for the first three years.