Dahej Manufacturing Division (DMD) is the manufactory of

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located at Dahej,

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near

Bharuch Bharuch (), formerly known as Broach, is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District. The city of Bharuch and surroundings have been settled since time ...

. 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

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refinery at Jamnagar. The manufactory consists integrated utilities system which includes raw water, cooling water, demineralized water, fire water, compressed air,

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and a coal based captive co-generation power plant of capacity 270 MW.

History

The commissioning of the plant was implemented in two phases, first in 1996 and went on full stream in the year 2000, at that time

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was the owner of the plant. In 2007 IPCL merged with RIL and this plant comes under the ownership of RIL.

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{{Reflist Reliance Industries Bharuch district Economy of Gujarat Manufacturing plants in India Manufacturing plants of Reliance Industries 1996 establishments in Gujarat Industrial buildings completed in 1996

History

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