Fire breaks out in RIL's Jamnagar refinery

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Posted: Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 at 1834 hrs IST
Updated: Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 at 1834 hrs IST

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New Delhi: A fire broke out on Wednesday at Reliance Industries' newly commissioned export-oriented oil refinery at Jamnagar in Gujarat, but there were no casualties as the fire was put out swiftly.

The fire broke out at the coker unit of the 580,000 barrels per day refinery of Reliance Petroleum, a unit of RIL that was commissioned in December 2008.

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

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

Coker is the key driver to the high gross refining margins - the revenue a company earns on converting a barrel of crude oil into fuel - 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 refinery's gasoline and gasoil (diesel) production.

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» fire at refinery

Posted by mohan on 2009-04-01 21:23:11.059976+05:30
good thing that fire was contined quiclly. what was the caus of fire? mechanical, accidental humanerror or even sabotage. ihope every thing will be looked into. it could be a digruntled worker still working. ihope the management has foolproof security bothinside and uouside the refinery

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» Superbly acted

Posted by P.Kulandavelu on 2009-04-01 19:10:44.71451+05:30
If the fire was localised and put out swiftly means, it shows the responsible and efficient management of the safety department of RIL.Unless the safety, especially fire protection systems are proper it will be a big problem in any refinery incase of fire.Each incident is an experience for the safety section.Major disaster is averted by the timely action by the safety department.Surely RIL management might have impressed by the action of the safety department.

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