The company has commenced its crude processing on December 25, 2008. The secondary processing units are now under synchronization and commissioning. The entire refinery complex is expected to attain full capacity shortly.
Reliance Petroleum claims that the commissioning of the Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) refinery drives the company into the league of the largest refiners globally, both in terms of complex refining capacity and earnings. With the completion of the RPL refinery, Jamnagar has come up as the ‘Refining Hub of the World’ with the largest refining complex with an aggregate refining capacity of 1.24 million barrels of oil per day in any single location in the world, said the company.
Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Petroleum, said: “I am happy that the entire team at Reliance which has worked together and commissioned this refinery in record time. The entire team has shown commitment, dedication and teamwork to achieve this milestone.”
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is a private sector company in India working on all major financial parameters. RIL claims to be the first private sector company from India to feature in the Fortune Global 500 list of ‘World’s Largest Corporations’ and ranks amongst the world’s Top 150 companies in terms of profits.