Reliance plans expansion at Jamnagar refinery

Dec. 17, 2018
Reliance Industries Inc. (RIL), Mumbai, is evaluating a plan to expand one of the two refineries that form part of its nameplate 1.729 million-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat, India.

Reliance Industries Inc. (RIL), Mumbai, is evaluating a plan to expand one of the two refineries that form part of its nameplate 1.729 million-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat, India.

The expert appraisal committee of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (EFCC) will consider environmental clearance for RIL’s project in a 2-day meeting that will run Dec. 19-20, according to the EFCC meeting agenda.

The project proposes to expand production capacity of the 551,000-b/d Special Economic Zone (SEZ) refinery of the Jamnagar complex to about 823,400 b/d from its current production capacity of about 706, 900 b/d, the EFCC agenda said.

Details regarding the proposed project and whether it also will impact crude processing capacity at the site have yet to be revealed.