RIL Becomes The Second Largest Producer Of Para-xylene (PX) Globally

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RIL Becomes The Second Largest Producer Of Para-xylene (PX) Globally

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced the successful and flawless commissioning of the last crystallization train (Train 3) of the Para-xylene (PX) complex at Jamnagar, recently in a release issued from Mumbai. According to the release, “This plant is built with state-of-the-art crystallization technology from BP which is highly energy efficient. With the commissioning of this plant, RIL’s PX capacity has more than doubled making it world’s second largest producer of PX with its share amounting to about 11% of global production.”

The release further said, “Pursuant to installation and mechanical completion of the entire PX complex in the previous quarter, RIL commissioned second phase of PX, comprising the second crystallization train (Train 2), Trans-alkylation and Aromatic Extraction units at Jamnagar in April 2017. Train 3, which was at an advanced stage of commissioning, has now been successfully started.”