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Main page Jamnagar Refinery Contents Featured content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 22°20′53″N 69°52′8″E Current events Random article This article needs additional citations for verification. Please Donate to Wikipedia help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Wikimedia Shop Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2010) Interaction Help The Jamnagar Refinery is a private sector crude oil refinery Berhampur Refinery About Wikipedia owned by Reliance Industries in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. The Community portal refinery was commissioned on 14 July 1999 with an installed Recent changes capacity of 668,000 barrels per day (106,200 m3/d). It is currently Contact page the largest refinery in the world.[1] Tools What links here Cont ent s Related changes 1 History Upload file 2 Awards Special pages Permanent link 3 See also Page information 4 References Data item 5 External links Cite this page

Print/export Create a book History [edit] Download as PDF On 25 December 2008, Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) Printable version announced the commissioning of its refinery into a Special Languages Economic Zone in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. The completion of the ,’RPL refinery has enabled Jamnagar to emerge as a ‘Refinery Hub ﻓﺎرﺳﯽ Français housing the world's largest refining complex with an aggregate Tiếng Việt 3 Edit links refining capacity of 1.24 million barrels (197,000 m ) of oil per Location of Berhampur Refinery day, more than any other single location in the world.[2] Country India The globally competitive RPL refinery was commissioned in 36 State Gujarat} months. RPL contracted several companies having expertise in City Jamnagar

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Foster Wheeler amongst others. There are plans for the pipeline Refinery details to process High Pour Point crude oil extracted at Barmer, Owner(s) Reliance Industries Rajasthan in the near future.[citation needed] This would require an Commissioned 14 July 1999 electrically heat traced pipeline to be set up from Barmer to Capacity 1,240,000 bbl/d Jamnagar. (197,000 m3/d) The entire complex as of 2013; consisting of manufacturing and allied facilities, utilities, off-sites, port facilities and a township (415 acres of land) with housing for its 2,500 employees, results in over 7,500 acres (3,000 ha; 11.7 sq mi) = 30,000,000 m2. This area, if overlaid on Mumbai or London, would cover more than one-third of either city's landmass. If all of the pipes used in the refinery were laid out, one after another, they would connect the whole of India from north to south.[3][4]

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'Golden Peacock Global Award for Sustainability' for the year 2010 'Golden Peacock Award for Occupational Health & Safety' for pace setting performance in OH and Safety in 2010 'Safety Innovation Award' from Safety & Quality Forum of Institute of Engineers (India) 'Greentech Platinum Award' Safety Category, in Petroleum Refinery Sector in 2010 '5 Star Award for Health & Safety' from British Safety Council for sustained performance in Health & Safety in 2010 'Greentech Environment Excellence Award 2010' in Gold Category in Petroleum Refinery Sector in 2010 'Greentech Safety Award' in Platinum Category in the Petroleum Refinery Sector in 2011 Listed as one among the world’s top five manufacturing units.(among other by Discovery Channel world’s top five largest factories:Reliance’s Jamnagar Refinery, Volkswagen ‘s car plant, Kitt Green Foods plant, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, POSCO ‘s steel plant).[5][not in citation given]