New Delhi, June 16: Concerned over repeated fire accidents, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is re-working the safety aspects of its Rs 3868 crore Panipat refinery project, to be dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister next week."Repeated accidents in the refinery have created doubts on the quality assurance of the plant. We have appointed an inspection audit team to carry out a complete check on the refineries' various units to make the plant foolproof", director pipeline S N Jha told PTI.
Officials of IOC and specialists of materials and maintainance group (SPMMG) from the Engineers India Ltd (EIL) have been appointed members of the audit team who would again inspect the crude distillation unit (CDU) and hydro cracker unit of the refinery, Jha said."We hope to restart the CDU within a week's time after the inspection", he said.
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