"I would like to complement the RPL team on the remarkable progress made so far and the rapid but smooth transition to pre-commissioning. The team is fully geared and motivated to commission the refinery ahead of its initial schedule of December 2008," RPL Chairman Mukesh D Ambani said.
RPL has achieved 94 per cent overall progress with rapid advancement on implementation fronts of the refinery and expects to complete the refinery ahead of schedule, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The project engineering, procurement and contracting activities have been completed and construction activities are progressing rapidly to meet pre-commissioning requirements.
Elaborating further, the company said planning for the project start-up is completed and pre-commissioning activities are proceeding at a hectic pace.
RPL has mobilised sufficient resources to sustain pre-commissioning and commissioning activities on fast track, RPL added.
Deliveries of equipments are nearly complete, civil construction is complete, all major equipments including several super heavy equipments have been installed, structural steel erection are at an advanced stage and hydro-testing activities are in full swing, the company said.
