Reliance Petroleum

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Reliance Petroleum Limited

Type Private
Industry Petroleum and Gas
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Website http://www.reliancepetroleum.com

Reliance Petroleum Limited was set up by Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), one of
India's largest private sector companies based in Mumbai. Currently, RPL is subsidiary of
RIL, and has interests in the downstream oil business. RPL also benefits from a strategic
alliance with Chevron India Holdings Pte Limited, Singapore, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Chevron Corporation USA (Chevron), which currently holds a 5% equity stake in the
Company. [1]

[edit] Jamnagar Refinery

Refining activities of Reliance Industries Limited are carried out at the Jamnagar refinery
complex with refining capacity of 27 million tonnes per annum (540,000 barrels per day).

The refinery is able to process a wide variety of crudes- from very light to very heavy
(from 18 to 45 degree API) and from sweet to very heavy (with sulphur content from 0 to
4.5%).

RPL commenced its crude processing on 25 December 2008. The secondary processing
units are now under synchronization and commissioning. The entire refinery complex is
expected to attain full capacity shortly.[when?]

With an annual crude processing capacity of 580,000 barrels (92,000 m3) per stream day
(BPSD), RPL will be the sixth largest refinery in the world. It will have a complexity of
14.0, using the Nelson Complexity Index, ranking it amongst the highest in the sector.
The polypropylene plant will have a capacity to produce 0.9 million metric tonnes per
annum.[citation needed]
The refinery project is being implemented at a capital cost of Rs 270,000 million being
funded through a mix of equity and debt. This represents a capital cost of less than US
$10,000 per barrel per day and compares very favourably with the average capital cost of
new refineries announced in recent years.[citation needed] The International Energy Agency
(IEA) estimates the average capital cost of new refinery in the OECD nations to be in the
region of US $15,000 to 20,000 per barrel per day.[citation needed] The low capital cost of RPL
becomes even more attractive when adjusted for high complexity of the refinery.

[edit] Expansion
Reliance petroleum is in the process of purchasing the downstream business of Mobil in
Australia. This will give them two more refineries and 800 service stations in Australia.
[citation needed]

[edit] Notes
1. ^ Reliance Petroleum Ltd.

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