Mumbai

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today announced successful commissioning of new Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant at Dahej, Gujarat. The plant with a capacity of 1150 KTA is built with Invista technology.

The company in its statement issued today said, “this state-of-the-art facility is highly energy efficient and environment friendly”.

With the commissioning of this plant, Reliance’s total PTA capacity will increase to 3.2 MMTPA and global capacity share to 4%.

Paraxylene, the key feedstock for the PTA plant is sourced from Reliance’s Jamnagar refinery. The PTA plant is also forward integrated with a 650 KTA PET plant in the same complex. The integrated operation will help in lower operating cost and capture full chain margins.

Another PTA plant of similar capacity is under construction at the same location. With these capacities, Reliance will be placed among the top five PTA manufacturers globally.

India is the second largest producer of polyester with estimated production of 5.4 MMTPA. The Indian polyester market is growing at 8-10% annually. Indian market is currently deficit in PTA by over 1.5 MMTPA.

The company in its statement said, “start-up of the new PTA plant at Dahej will take India closer to self-sufficiency in PTA, in line with the vision of “Make in India” of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.”

– DeshGujarat