Paprour is sarrounded by various government and private industries. The area is popularly known as Industrial Belt of Begusarai. Paprour is in heart of Begusarai industry. In Paprour panchayat HPCL and BPCL Oil Depot is situated. Around Paprour there is IOCL, BTPS (Barauni Thermal Power Station), HFCL and others like Carbon Factories, Dairy, and many small factories.

HPCL is a Government of India Enterprise with a Navratna Status, and a Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 company, with an annual turnover of  Rs. 1,32,670 Crores and sales/income from operations of Rs 1,43,396 Crores (US$ 31,546 Millions) during FY 2010-11, having about 20% Marketing share in India among PSUs and a strong market infrastructure. HPCL's Crude Thruput and Market Sales (including exports) are 14.75 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) and 27.03 MMT respectively in the same period.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is a state-controlled oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai, India. In 2011, Fortune Global 500 ranked the company of 272. Bharat Petroleum owns refineries at Mumbai and Kochi (Kochi Refineries) with a capacity of 12and 9.5 million metric tonnes per year respectively. Its subsidiary at Numaligarh has a capacity of 3 million metric tonnes per year. On 25 May 2011, the Bina Refinery in Madhya Pradesh with a capacity of 6 million metric tonnes per year was commissioned. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, captain of 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team, and Narain Karthikeyan, Formula One driver for Hispania Racing team, are brand ambassadors for Bharat Petroleum.