Indian Oil Corp is likely to restart operation at its naphtha cracker next month. Earlier the cracker was shut in early-September, 2019 for a maintenance turnaround.Unit is based at Panipat, in the northern Indian state of Haryana, the cracker has an ethylene production capacity of 857,000 mt/year and propylene capacity of 425,000 mt/year.Earlier, Indian Oil witnessed a massive blast in its refinery at Panipat, Haryana. A domestic source informed then that the blast took place in the naphtha cracker of the refinery in the afternoon, on 22 January 2018. One contractual employee of IOCL was reportedly killed in the accident while 5 others were injured.
