summer training report for mechanical of iocl mathura
Mathura Refinery, the sixth refinery of IndianOil was commissioned in 1982 with a capacity of 6.0 MMTPA to meet the demand of petroleum products in north western region of the country, which includes National Capital Region. Refinery is located along the Delhi-Agra National Highway about 154 KM away from Delhi. The major secondary processing units provided were Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU), Vis-breaker Unit (VBU) and Bitumen Blowing Unit (BBU). The original technology for these units was sourced from erstwhile USSR, UOP etc. Soaker drum technology of EIL was implemented in VBU in the year 1993. For production of unleaded Gasoline, Continuous Catalytic Reforming Unit (CCRU) was commissioned in 1998 with technology from Axens, France. A Diesel Hydro Desulphurisation Unit (DHDS) licensed from Axens, France was commissioned in 1999 for production of HSD with low Sulphur content of 0.25% wt (max). With the commissioning of Once Through Hydrocracker Unit (licensed from Chevron, USA) in July 2000, capacity of Mathura Refinery was increased to 8.0 MMTPA.
Diesel Hydro-treating unit (DHDT) & MS Quality Up-gradation Unit (MSQU) was installed with world class technology from Axens and UOP respectively in 2005 for production of Euro-III grade HSD & MS w.e.f. 1st April 2005 as per Auto Fuel Policy of Govt. of India. Project for FCC Gasoline Desulphurization (FCCGDS) and Selective Hydrogenation Unit (SHU), the Prime-G technology of Axens, France was commissioned in February 2010 and supply of Euro-IV grade MS and HSD started on continuous basis from February 2010.
Mathura RefineryMathura Refinery is having its own captive power plant, which was augmented with the commissioning of three Gas Turbines (GT) and Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) in phases from 1997 to 2005 using Natural Gas( NG) as fuel to take care of environment.
For upgrading environmental standards, old Sulphur Recovery Units (SRU) were replaced with new Sulphur Recovery Units with 99.9 % recovery in the year 1999. Additional Sulphur Recovery Unit is under implementation as a hot standby. Mathura Refinery had also set up four nos. of continuous Ambient Air Monitoring Stations far beyond the working area before commissioning of the Refinery in 1982 as a mark of its concern towards the environment and archaeological sites. Its close proximity to the magnificent wonder Taj Mahal adds extra responsibility towards maintaining a cleaner environment.
Mathura Refinery has planted 1,67,000 trees in surrounding areas including refinery & township and 1,15,000 trees in Agra region around Taj Mahal. The Ecological Park which is spread across 4.45 acres, is a thriving green oasis in the heart of sprawling Refinery.
At Mathura Refinery, technology & ecology go hand in hand with continuous endeavour for Product Quality up-gradation, Energy Conservation and Environment Protection. Mathura Refinery is the first in Asia and third in the world to receive the coveted ISO-14001 certification for Environment Management System in 1996. It is also the first in the World to get OHSMS certification for Safety Management in 1998.
When we hear the word ‘Internship’ the first image which flickers into our mind is the joy and freedom of being away from the class and into the cool, actual field experience with all the perks of the work culture, hanging out with colleagues, freedom to apply our own minds and not cramming and vomiting out of the text books as is required by our education system. Well, not all are lucky enough to achieve this dream, but then, some actually do. This being my second internship, after the one I did in Delhi Jal Board, I somewhat knew what to expect of a government system, but what blew me away was the sheer magnitude of the whole setup.
The Day I entered the refinery my first thought was ‘ Oh Crap! How am I gonna do this in 30 days?’ The only way it seemed possible to cover the whole production setup of IOCL’s famed Mathura Refinery was to swing about like Tarzan from one unit to another
. This thought escalated to the form of a panic attack when even after our first week we were sitting ducks in the conference room of the refinery since we were yet to be allotted our hard hats and needed to get ourselves some safety shoes (which turned out to weigh literally a ton on our feet!). The initiation of our internship was a fire and safety drill, we met a young engineer who told us all the perks of being an IOCL employee and all the great places to visit while on the job, the hotspots of the nearby areas, he gave us a brief up of the various protocols to be followed and “either do your job diligently or just enjoy and get your certificates and get the hell out” speech, which is remembered quite fondly till this day.
When we did finally get to peek inside the production area ( minus our cell phones as they were not allowed inside the battery limits- the only downside of the trip), we were astounded to see that we had more than 21 units to cover in the 21 days that we had left with us. Since it was our once in a life time opportunity to explore the legendary refinery, rather than sticking to one unit and wondering about the rest, we gave a shot at covering all the units by going to each unit control panel and interacting about the system with the shift engineer in charge and then coercing them into giving us a field trip of the unit. We learnt a whole lot about the whole oil production system and the actual process of it on site was just awesome. We rated the engineers on the scale of 6 to 10 for all the information they gave us and some of them were so damn good that we were praying to god to swap them with our professors anytime
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Well, although it’s a tough feat to ask some one to travel a whole hour in the sweltering temperature of the Indian June afternoon to come for internship, it paid out to be more than worth it; with us learning and gaining an experience which will be pretty unforgettable. So, all you interns out there (or to be interns) don’t wallow in what you don’t have but be happy with what you got and make the best of it because what you learn from an experience and what you don’t is always in your hands.
