%0 Journal Article
%T La situation du raffinage en Inde The Refining Situation in India
%A Raimbault C.
%J Oil & Gas Science and Technology
%D 2006
%I Institut Fran?ais du P¨¦trole
%R 10.2516/ogst:1984038
%X L'Inde dispose de ressources ¨¦nerg¨¦tiques importantes et sa production p¨¦troli¨¨re devrait lui permettre, ¨¤ moyen sinon ¨¤ court terme, d'¨ºtre ind¨¦pendante de l'¨¦tranger pour son approvisionnement en p¨¦trole brut, grace au champ offshore de Bombay High. La capacit¨¦ de raffinage se d¨¦veloppe en cons¨¦quence mais il y a un net d¨¦s¨¦quilibre entre la production et la consommation de k¨¦ros¨¨ne et de carburant diesel, dont le d¨¦ficit s'aggrave progressivement : environ 25 % de ces produits ont ¨¦t¨¦ import¨¦s en 1982. Pour r¨¦duire ce d¨¦s¨¦quilibre, il faudrait r¨¦orienter la consommation vers les fractions l¨¦g¨¨res ou mettre en place des unit¨¦s d'hydrocraquage des fractions lourdes. India possesses extensive energy resources, and its oil production should enable it, in the medium if not long term, to be independent of foreign supplies for its crude oil thanks to the Bombay High offshore field. Its refining capacity is developing as a result of this, but there is a clearcut imbalance between the production and consumption of kerosene and diesel fuel, with a progressively increasing deficit. About 25% of these products were imported in 1982. To reduce this imbalance, either con-sumption must be reoriented toward light fractions, or hydrocracking plants for heavy fractions must be installed.
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.2516/ogst:1984038