India's Reliance reports FCCU outage at Jamnagar export refinery

London - (Quantum Commodity Intelligence) – Reliance Industries Ltd said it has shut a secondary unit at its export Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat, which may delay shipment of some product cargoes. 

"The Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit (FCCU) in our SEZ refinery at Jamnagar had to be taken for an emergency shutdown on June 6, 2021," the firm announced in a filing to stock exchanges.

Reliance has two refineries at Jamnagar - a 35.2-million mt a year only-for-exports unit and a 33-million mt plant catering to the domestic market.

"All other units at the Jamnagar refining complex are operating normally," Reliance said.

"Consequently, some product shipments may get delayed and we are working to minimize the impact on our customers."

An FCCU unit converts heavier fuels into lighter products such as naphtha and gasoline.