Essar Oil today said it will shutdown its refinery in Gujarat from next week for annual maintenance.
Essar will shut its 10.5-million tonne refinery at Vadinar in Jamnagar district from April 13 for a period of 18 days, the company said in a statement.
The shutdown is being planned for "maintenance and inspection of various process units".
This is the first planned turn around since commissioning and commencement of commercial production in May 2008.
The refinery is currently operating at 2,40,000 barrels per day capacity.
"During the shutdown it is proposed to take up certain jobs as part of ongoing refinery expansion programme requiring refinery shutdown," it said.
Essar is expanding its refining capacity to 16 million tonnes that will be completed by December 31, 2010.