RIL's new refinery to go on stream this year

With the new facility, the total refining capacity at its Jamnagar complex will go up from 0.66 million barrels to 1.24 million barrels. Jamnagar will acount for 2 per cent of global petroleum refining capacity.

"Of late there have been many announcements about setting up new refineries in various part of the world. They are yet to see fruition. Ours is the first large refinery added in recent times to meet global demand,'' Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, said.

Reliance would also be commissioning 900,000 tonne polypropylene capacity this year. "This would make Reliance the third largest polypropylene producer in the world,'' Ambani said.

RIL shares were trading at Rs 2218.90, 1.82 per cent down from Wednesday's closure.