The domestic sales of petroleum coke by oil companies in India have been analyzed for the period Apr’20-Feb’21. It has been compared for the same period last year as follows.
| Company | Feb’21 | Feb’20 | % Change | Apr’20-Feb’21 | Apr’19-Feb’20 | % Change |
| BPCL | 84 | 100 | -23.9 | 562 | 1,232 | -54.4 |
| CPCL | 32 | 44 | -52.1 | 273 | 380 | -28.3 |
| HMEL | 13 | 88 | -32.0 | 582 | 809 | -28.1 |
| IOCL | 264 | 315 | -9.4 | 2,444 | 2,824 | -13.4 |
| MRPL | 74 | 88 | -15.0 | 577 | 739 | -22.0 |
| NEL | 120 | 176 | -25.2 | 1,229 | 2,137 | -42.5 |
| NRL | 6 | 0 | 107 | 60 | 76.8 | |
| RIL | 108 | 50 | 85.4 | 669 | 1,429 | -53.1 |
| TOTAL | 703 | 861 | -13.2 | 6,442 | 9,610 | -33.0 |
Quantities in kiloton (kt)
The above domestic sales data includes both fuel grade pet coke (high sulphur) and anode grade pet coke (low sulphur). It also includes sales data of CPC (Calcined Petroleum Coke) besides Raw Pet Coke both types of Fuel Grade (HS) & Anode Grade (LS).
Notably, CPC is produced only by NRL Numaligarh refinery. The quantity of CPC is limited to approximately 67 kt during Apr-Feb’21 out of total quantity of 6,442 kt, ie. 1.1% of the total quantity during the above period. CPC sales were 41 kt last year during the same period.
It may be observed that domestic sales by all oil companies have dropped by 13.2% in Feb’21. The same for the period Apr’20-Feb’21 has dropped by 33.0%. Thus, there has been improvement in domestic sales gradually, though it is still a negative growth. This is due to reopening of economic activities, supported by increase in infrastructural activities.
During Feb’21, RIL has registered a positive growth due to increased availability of pet coke following an internal issue in their gasification unit in Feb’21 which continued in Mar’21. However, during the period Apr-Feb’21, RIL has lost its sales by over 53.3%. This is mainly due to the reason that they have been consuming most of the pet coke produced by them in their own gasification units. It is worthwhile to mention that although RIL is the largest producer of pet coke, they are selling only a small portion of their production in the domestic market.
IOC has lost its domestic sales of pet coke by 13.4% against the average industry loss of 33.0% and thus gained market share considerably thereby consolidating its leadership position in the Indian market.
The percentage share of oil companies for the period Apr’20-Feb’21 as compared to same period last year is shown graphically. The market share is shown on primary X-axis whereas the difference is shown on secondary X-axis. It is observed from the analysis that IOC’s share in domestic sales of pet coke has increased by 8.6% to 37.9% during the period under review.
However, the share of the biggest producer of pet coke, RIL, has dropped by 4.5% due to overall increased consumption in their gasification unit. Share of BPC has also dropped considerably by 4.1% as they are consuming pet coke in their Bina unit and no product was released for sales during Jul’20-Nov’20. Subsequently, BPC started offering certain quantities per month to consumers.
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