RIL commissions last crystallisation unit paraxylene complex in Jamnagar

With this, Reliance Industries becomes the second largest producer of paraxylene (PX) globally

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BS B2B Bureau Mumbai

Last Updated : Jun 09 2017 | 5:19 PM IST

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has successfully commissioned the last crystallisation train (Train 3) of the paraxylene (PX) complex at Jamnagar. This plant is built with state-of-the-art crystallisation technology from BP which is highly energy efficient. With the commissioning of this plant, RIL’s PX capacity has more than doubled making it world’s second largest producer of paraxylene with about 11 percent of global production.

Pursuant to installation and mechanical completion of the entire paraxylene complex in the previous quarter, Reliance Industries commissioned second phase of PX comprising of second crystallisation train (Train 2), trans-alkylation and aromatic extraction units at Jamnagar in April 2017. Train 3, which was at an advanced stage of commissioning, has now been successfully started.

Paraxylene is the main raw material for purified terephthalic acid (PTA), which is mainly used in polyester production including polyester fibre, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle resin and polyester film.