A fire broke out at a section of the new 580,000 bpd export refinery of Reliance Petroleum on Wednesday.
The fire was in the coker unit, a spokesperson said. He also said that no casualties had taken place as it was controlled on time.
“The rest of the RPL refinery is operating normally and product dispatch from the RPL refinery is continuing as per schedule,” he said.
The company’s coker unit, which converts residual fuel oil into lighter fuels such as naphtha and diesel, has a capacity of 200,000 bpd.
Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) did not confirm that the coker plant was affected.
“There was a minor fire in a section of the RPL Refinery. The fire was localized, contained and brought under control by the Reliance firefighting team within 30 minutes,” a company spokesman said in a statement.
The company did not give details about the extent of damage caused by the fire.
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