Reliance Industries Ltd.

Reliance Industries plans to shut its fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) of about 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) at its older refinery at Jamnagar at the end of January for about a month. The shutdown of the FCC for maintenance was expected to begin from end-Jan or early Feb. The maintenance shutdown of the FCC would last for about a month. The refiner would also shut a 100,000 bpd vacuum gas oil unit for about three to four weeks a few days into the shutdown of the FCC.

Reliance's 660,000 bpd plant is situated next to its 580,000 bpd export focused refinery. The FCC converts vacuum gas oil into light value-added products like liquefied petroleum gas, gasoline-blending components and diesel. A VGO hydrotreater removes sulphur from heavy feedstock to produce naphtha, jet fuel and liquefied petroleum gas.crackcrack