Essar will build new refinery in Jamnagar

The Essar group said it will build a Rs15,000-crores (US$3.26 billion), 16-20 million ton greenfield refinery near Jamnagar. knowledge_base will be in addition to Essar’s new 10.5 million-ton Vadinar refinery, which will be onstream by year-end. Essar has set a target of reaching a total refining capacity of 32 million tons by 2009-2010. (August 29, 2006)