Reliance Industries commissions final phase of para-xylene project

With this, RIL to emerge as the second largest producer of para-xylene in the world

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BS B2B Bureau Mumbai

Last Updated : Apr 21 2017 | 1:29 PM IST

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has successful commissioned the second and final phase of para-xylene (PX) project comprising PX crystallisers trains, trans-alkylation and aromatic extraction units at Jamnagar.

Earlier in December 2016, RIL had announced successful commissioning of the first phase comprising train 1 of PX plant. Train 2 as part of second phase has been commissioned earlier this month and the last train 3, is at an advanced stage of commissioning and will begin production later this quarter.

This plant is built with crystallisation technology from BP which is highly energy efficient. With the commissioning of this plant, RIL’s PX capacity will

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