IOC to shut units at Panipat for repairs
New Delhi   17-Mar-2011

State-run IndianOil (IOC) plans to shut for repairs some of its secondary units and a naphtha cracker plant at northern Panipat refinery in the next fiscal, a source said on Tuesday. IOC's Panipat refinery has a capacity to process 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) crude, while its giant naphtha cracker can annually produce 850,000 tonne of ethylene and 600,000 tonne of propylene.