West Asia Conflict: Indian refiners to delay maintenance shutdowns

India, which has more than 258 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of domestic refining capacity, will keep operating its refineries postponing any maintenance shutdowns for now, in a bid to maintain stable supplies of diesel, petrol and jet fuel in the domestic market.

However, Nayara Energy will go for refinery maintenance shutdown from April 9-10 for around 35 days. Rosneft-backed Nayara owns and operates the 20 mtpa Vadinar refinery in Gujarat. The maintenance operation at Vadinar could not be postponed as the exercise was already delayed.

Sujata Sharma, Joint Secretary in the Oil Ministry, said that some units of Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) have postponed their maintenance shutdowns. However, the official did not specify which units of the two PSU oil marketing companies (OMCs) have postponed refinery maintenance.

IOCL operates around 70.3 mtpa capacity, which is the highest in the country. On the other hand, BPCL has 35.3 mtpa capacity.

Sharma assured that India has sufficient quantities of crude oil, petrol, diesel and jet fuel. There will be some shortfall in LPG production due to the shut down at Nayara Energy, which will be compensated through imports.

All the refineries are operating at optimum capacity with some units running at over 100 per cent capacity utilisation, Sharma noted.

Published on April 6, 2026