RIL Refinery Fire: No prodn loss says Mukesh

 "I spoke to Mukesh several times today and he has assured me that there will be no production loss," Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said in New Delhi.

The fire damaged a secondary unit at the facility, which may result in a shortage of about 1,00,000 tonne of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), according to certain sections of the government.

While Reliance maintained that the fire would not affect operations at the country's largest refining facility, Petroleum Secretary M S Srinivasan said there was a likelihood of about 1,00,000 tonne of LPG shortage, and the government would bridge the gap through imports.

"The fire was only at one of the secondary units and other operations are not impacted," RIL President (Refinery) P K Kapil told PTI.

In New Delhi, Srinivasan said: "We have been told by Reliance that the two crude distillation units will continue operating normally and only the VGO units will be out of operation for about 10 days."

The fire, in which one RIL employee was seriously injured, broke out due to a faulty valve, he said, adding that Indian Oil Corporation has already been instructed to arrange for LPG import to meet the shortfall arising from the accident.