Leather, Plastics & Rubber

Reliance Industries (RIL) has commissioned phase-I of its Para-xylene (PX) plant at Village Meghpar, dist. Jamnagar, Gujarat on 28th December, 2016. The plant with capacity of 2.2 MTPA is built with state-of-the-art crystallization technology from BP which is highly energy efficient and environment friendly. With the commissioning of this plant, RIL`s PX capacity will more than double from 2.0 MTPA to 4.2 MTPA. The new PX capacity will add value to the output from refineries and improve the profitability of the Jamnagar complex. The new capacity will complete the integration within Reliance`s polyester value chain. Commissioning of the new PX plant marks beginning of the culmination of a series of projects including the refinery off-gas cracker, ethane import project and petcoke gasification. These projects are part of the investment, in excess of Rs. 1,000 billion. The projects are on schedule and at an advanced stage of mechanical completion. [Info as of: Dec. `16]

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