Written by: Press Trust of India
2 min readNew DelhiOct 15, 2009 02:42 AM IST
First published on: Oct 15, 2009 at 02:42 AM IST
Reliance Industries’ new 5,80,000 barrels per day refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat is performing better than expected and has overtaken the company’s adjacent old refinery in processing crude oil.
RIL last month commissioned all units of the new only-for-exports refinery that turned Jamnagar into the world’s largest refining complex,with a combined crude processing capacity of 1.24 million bpd.
The 29 million tonnes a year new unit,that sits next to the old 6,60,000 bpd (or 33 million tonnes a year) refinery,is operating at 114 per cent of its rated capacity and is processing more crude oil than even the older,bigger unit,industry sources said.
A company spokesperson did not immediately offer any comments.
The old plant in August operated at 106.6 per cent of its rated capacity to turn 2.988 million tonnes of crude oil into fuel,the data available from the Petroleum Ministry here said.
During April-August,it operated at 98.3 per cent of the capacity,turning 13.595 million tonnes of crude into petroleum products. RIL had in August started an 85,000 bpd alkylation unit,the only remaining facility to be started at the new refinery,to begin producing petrol meeting the stringent US and European standards.
Suzlon Energy completes 19.5 MW wind farm project
Suzlon Energy today said it has completed and commissioned a 19.5 Mega Watt wind farm project for Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) in Rajkot district.
The project,comprises 13 units of Suzlon’s 1.5 MW wind turbines and has been commissioned almost two months ahead of the contractual commissioning period,Suzlon said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange. However,the company which makes wind turbines did not disclose further details in this regard.
Shares of Suzlon were trading at Rs 85.85,down 0.98 per cent in the afternoon trade on BSE.
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