Essar Oil commissions second hydrogen manufacturing unit

Essar Oil Ltd, a subsidiary of Essar Energy, has commissioned second hydrogen manufacturing unit (HMU) at company's Vadinar refinery, Gujarat.
 
The HMU with a capacity of 105 Knm3/hr has been commissioned at Vadinar refinery of Essar Oil in Gujarat which would provide flexibility and reliability to overall refinery operations, according to Essar Oil’s statement to BSE.
 
Essar Oil had commissioned the first hydrogen manufacturing unit (HMU) at its Vadinar refinery in January 2012.
 
HMU helps produce and supply 99.9% pure hydrogen gas to the diesel hydrotreater (DHDT) and vacuum gas oil hydrotreater (VGO-HT) for the hydrotreating process.