MOSCOW (MRC) -- A major fire broke out at Paradip refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on December 12, 2017, as per Apic-online.
A domestic source informed Polymerupdate team member that a pipeline inside the INDMAX Unit of Paradip Refinery caught fire following a leakage at about 12 noon yesterday, destroying properties worth crores. As the heavy smoke was emanating from the unit and was clearly visible from a distance, panic gripped the workers and residents of nearby Trilochanpur, Mahal and other villages.
However, no casualties were reported. Nine fire tenders took more than half-an-hour to douse the fire. The INDMAX Unit having the capacity of 4.17 MMTPA is a major landmark for Indian Petroleum Industry. It is used for the production of high yield LPG, light olefins and high octane gasoline from various petroleum fractions.
When asked to comment on the operational status of the refinery, the source added, ?the company has shut the fluidic catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) on precautionary measures after a fire broke out at a nearby INDMAX unit. It remains unclear when the unit will resume operations.
Located at Paradip in Odisha, the east coast refinery has a processing capacity of 300,000 barrels per day.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited, or IndianOil, is an Indian state-owned oil and gas corporation with its headquarters in New Delhi, India.
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