Reliance Industries restarts PTA plants at Dahej

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has restarted its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants at Dahej, and said that it is ramping up production to full capacity. On May 31, 2016, RIL had announced that it has temporarily shut down its PTA and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plants at Dahej owing to increased water salinity.
 
Reliance Industries ensured PTA supplies to downstream customers from its Hazira and Patalganga plants during the brief shutdown at Dahej. Now, the customers will be getting PTA from all three locations.
 
“RIL has a total PTA capacity of 4.2 million tonnes per year. In India, the current total PTA capacity, including that of RIL, is 6 million tonnes. Another 1.2 million tonnes of PTA capacity will be added in the current year itself. However, the total PTA demand in India is around 5 million tonnes. Therefore, the surplus PTA is being exported as India has sufficient PTA to meet the requirements of its polyester industry,” said Reliance Industries Limited in the press statement.