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Reliance Commissions New Paraxylene Plant at Jamnagar on Reliance Founder's Day

Offshore World

December 2016/January 2017

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has announced commissioning of the first phase of Para-xylene (PX) plant at Jamnagar, Gujarat.

Reliance Commissions New Paraxylene Plant at Jamnagar on Reliance Founder's Day

The plant with capacity of 2.2 MMTPA 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 capacities will more than double from 2.0 MMTPA to 4.2 MMTPA.

This story is from the December 2016/January 2017 edition of Offshore World.

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