MOSCOW (MRC) -- According to industry sources, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will start up its new monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant at Jamnagar by the month end, as per Apic-online.
The production capacity of the new MEG plant is 750,000 mt/annum. The new plant is in addition to the existing 750,000 mt/annum MEG output capacity that RIL has from multiple lines.
An industry source said, " with this added capacity, India is now self reliant in MEG given that RIL~s current production capacity is 750,000 mt/annum, IOCL has an output capacity of 360,000 mt/annum and IGL has an output capacity of 300,000 mt/annum."
He added, " India imports approximately 750 kt/annum of MEG. With RIL~s new plant, MEG imports will dwindle."
As MRC wrote before, in late 2012, Reliance Industries awarded Jacobs Engineering Group with an engineering and procurement assistance services contract for the construction of a MEG plant at the Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex in Gujarat.
Reliance Industries Limited is the largest petrochemical company in India. The company is engaged in a wide range of activities, ranging from oil and gas production to production of polyester and polymer goods, including the production of polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and textiles.
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