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Reliance Industries to shut key crude units at 660000 bpd refinery for weeks
Economy
Published on 5 May 2026
Shutdown timing could reshape India fuel supply
Reliance Industries plans to shut a crude unit and related secondary units at its 660,000 barrels per day refinery for three to four weeks, starting around mid May. Scheduled maintenance later this month is timed after Nayara Energy’s planned return to operations, with the company citing efforts to avoid fuel shortages across India.
- Reliance will stop a crude unit and secondary units at its 660000 bpd refinery
- The maintenance window will last about three to four weeks starting mid May
- The shutdown follows Nayara Energy’s planned restart of its refinery
- Reliance says the move is aimed at preventing fuel shortages nationwide
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