Essar Oil's second product jetty for exporting refined petroleum products from its refinery was commissioned in Jamnagar district at Vadinar, an offshore oil terminal of Kandla Port Trust.
According to sources in Kandla Port Trust (KPT), the second jetty of Essar Oil having capacity of 7 million tonnes has been commissioned and began functioning at Vadinar where its first jetty was commissioned four years ago.
"With commissioning of second jetty, Essar Oil will be able to export 14 million tonnes finished petroleum products to international and domestic ports annually," a top KPT official said.
Besides two jetties for exporting finished products, Essar Oil has also set up a single point mooring (SPM) to unload large carriers of imported crude at Vadinar off shore oil terminal of KPT.
KPT's off shore oil terminal, set up in 1978 to import crude oil, is a satellite oil port which handles 30 million tonnes of oil annually, which is one-third of country's oil requirement.
