Reliance Industries commissions final phase of para-xylene project

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has successful commissioned the second and final phase of para-xylene (PX) project comprising PX crystallisers trains, trans-alkylation and aromatic extraction units at Jamnagar.

Earlier in December 2016, RIL had announced successful commissioning of the first phase comprising train 1 of PX plant. Train 2 as part of second phase has been commissioned earlier this month and the last train 3, is at an advanced stage of commissioning and will begin production later this quarter.

This plant is built with crystallisation technology from BP which is highly energy efficient. With the commissioning of this plant, RIL’s PX capacity will