Reliance to shutdown distillation unit of Jamnagar SEZ refinery for 3 weeks

Reliance Industries Ltd is planning to shut down one of the distillation units at its refinery in the Jamnagar special economic zone (SEZ) in Gujarat for routine maintenance & inspection (M&l) activities in May 2016. “The SEZ refinery of the company is planning to shut down one crude distillation unit for routine maintenance & inspection (M&I) activities from May 01, 2016, for about 3 weeks,” said RIL in a BSE filing today.
 
The other three crude distillation units including all secondary processing units are expected to operate at normal throughput at Jamnagar refinery complex. “The company does not anticipate any impact on its commercial commitments,” added RIL in the filing.
   
Reliance Industries' refinery - the sixth largest in the world - in the SEZ at Jamnagar has a capacity for processing 580,000 barrels per day (BPD) of crude.