A major fire broke out at the naphtha cracker unit of the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited here on Friday injuring 15 people, reported Business Today with reference to a senior police officer’s statement.
The fire broke out when a naphtha pipe line exploded during repair at the naphtha cracker unit.
The fire was brought under control and the complex is operating its naphtha cracker at full capacity as fire at a pipeline did not affect throughput.
Earlier in 2018, Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) resumed production at its cracker and downstream plants following a maintenance turnaround on 10th June. The complex was shut on May 10, 2018 for a period of about 20-25 days.
Haldia Petrochemicals Limited is a joint venture between Government of West Bengal, The Chatterjee Group, TATA Chemicals with the Indian Oil Corporation as major stakeholders.
Located at Haldia in the eastern Indian state of west Bengal, the petrochemical complex can produce 700,000 metric tonne per annum of ethylene and 350,000 metric tonne per annum of propylene and provides feedstock to a 330,000 metric tonne per annum high density PE plant, a 370,000 metric tonne per annum HDPE/linear low PE swing plant and a 350,000 metric tonne per annum polypropylene unit.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
