This stamp and FDC were issued to commemorate the Inauguration of the Guwahati Refinery, which was
set up at Noonmati in Guwahati on
January 1, 1962. Guwahati Refinery is the first Public Sectorrefinery ofIndia and
belongs to Indian Oil Corporation of India .
The refinery was inaugurated by Late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime
Minister of independent India.
The refinery was built withTomanian Collaboration
and has a capacity of 1.0 million metric tonnes per annum. This refinery
process crude oil from Upper Assam Oil
Fields, India and helps cater energy need of the region. Major Products of
this refinery are : LPG, Motor Spirit
(Petrol), Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), Kerosene, High Speed Diesel, Light
Diesel Oil and Raw Petroleum Coke.
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