Reliance Dahej Manufacturing Division | |
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Location | Dahej, Gujarat, India |
Coordinates | 21°41′32″N72°34′24″E / 21.692313°N 72.573313°E [1] |
Industry | Petrochemical |
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Area | 1778 acres |
Owner(s) | Reliance Industries Limited |
Dahej Manufacturing Division (DMD) is the manufactory of Reliance Industries Limited located at Dahej, Gujarat, India near Bharuch. [3] [4] [5] It comprises a Gas cracker which cracks Ethane, Propane and produces Ethylene and Propylene as a product and the same is used as a raw material in downstream plants. The raw material like Propane is either imported or availed from RIL refinery at Jamnagar. [2] The manufactory consists integrated utilities system which includes raw water, cooling water, demineralized water, fire water, compressed air, nitrogen, steam/condensate and a coal based captive co-generation power plant of capacity 270 MW. [6]
The commissioning of the plant was implemented in two phases, first in 1996 and went on full stream in the year 2000, [7] at that time IPCL was the owner of the plant. In 2007 IPCL merged with RIL and this plant comes under the ownership of RIL. [8]