Fire breaks out in RIL8217;s Jamnagar refinery

8220;There was a minor fire in a section of RPL. This has been contained,localised and brought under control8230; there has been no casualty,8221; a company statement said in New Delhi.

The rest of the refinery was 8220;operating normally and product dispatches continued as scheduled,8221; the statement said.

Coker is the key driver to the high gross refining margins 8211; the revenue a company earns on converting a barrel of crude oil into fuel 8211; for the company. The delayed coker,as it is known technically,was of the capacity of 200,000 bpd at the RPL refinery.

Coker converts fuel oil into high value products like diesel and naphtha and the incident has the potential of derailing the refinery8217;s gasoline and gasoil diesel production.