Reliance fire-hit coker may revive in a week-trade
Friday, 3 April 2009
NEW DELHI, Apr 2 (Reuters): Reliance Petroleum will take at least a week to repair its fire-hit coker plant in its new 580,000 barrels per day refinery, traders said Thursday.
A Reliance spokesman declined comment but a company official, who did not want to be identified, said: "It will take a few days to bring the coker online."
But trade sources said that the coker would not be operational for at least a week.
"Even a minor fire puts a unit down for 5-7 days before it comes back to normal rate. It is a big coker," said a trader at an international trading firm in India.
A trade source in Singapore also said that the coker will be down for at least a week. "It may take a month also, depending on the job, but for a minimum one week is gone."
A Reliance spokesman declined comment but a company official, who did not want to be identified, said: "It will take a few days to bring the coker online."
But trade sources said that the coker would not be operational for at least a week.
"Even a minor fire puts a unit down for 5-7 days before it comes back to normal rate. It is a big coker," said a trader at an international trading firm in India.
A trade source in Singapore also said that the coker will be down for at least a week. "It may take a month also, depending on the job, but for a minimum one week is gone."