Jamnagar refinery hydrogen capacity to grow

Dec. 21, 2005
Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, has let a contract to Linde AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, for five hydrogen units for its 660,000 b/cd refinery at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Dec. 21 -- Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, has let a contract to Linde AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, for five hydrogen units for its 660,000 b/cd refinery at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

Linde will perform basic and detail engineering, supply of equipment and materials, assistance for erection, and supervision of commissioning.

The work will increase production capacity to 525 MMscfd of hydrogen. It will make Jamnagar, according to Linde, "one of the largest pure hydrogen sources worldwide."