MOSCOW (MRC) -- Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has announced that it plans to shut down one of its crude distillation unit at the Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat for routine maintenance activities in July 2015, said Business-standard.
“The SEZ unit of Jamnagar refinery of Reliance Industries Limited is planning to shut down one crude distillation unit for routine maintenance and inspection activities in the first half of July for about 10 days,” said Reliance Industries in a BSE filing.
The company also plans to carry out necessary modifications during these maintenance drills to improve the reliability and performance of the unit.
“The other three crude distillation units including major secondary processing units are planned to operate at normal throughput. The planned maintenance turnaround at the refinery is not expected to have any impact on commercial commitments,” added RIL.
As MRC informed previously, Reliance Industries is implementing a new project to source 1.5 million tpy of ethane feedstock from the US to feed its crackers in India. Besides, RIL has announced that it would invest over Rs 100,000 crore in expansion of its petrochemical capacities and adding value to its refining business.
Reliance Industries is one of the world's largest producers of polymers. The company's polymer production in 2010-11 (polypropylene, polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride) made 4,094 kilo tonnes.
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