Location

India, Jamnagar

The biggest oil refining hub of the world pollutes a national park with impunity.

Overview

India, Jamnagar

Jamnagar has two refinery complexes, and is the world’s largest oil-refining hub. The second refinery is the sixth largest in the world and is located in the Special Economic Zone at Jamnagar. There is also a Fluidised Catalytic Cracker (FCC), Coker, Alkylation, Paraxylene, Polypropylene, Refinery offgas (ROG) cracker and Petcoke gasification plants. The oil for all the units is imported using tankers which are docked at the Reliance Ports and Terminals. As such, the pollution load in this area is high.
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Community Stories

India, Jamnagar
Expansion
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Mr. Jayendrasinh Ker
Shows the operational 20 MMTP refinery of Nayara Energy. Nayara has received the Environmental Clearance for expansion, for a total capacity of 46 MMTP.
India, Jamnagar
National Park
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Jayendrasinh Ker
Explores the Marine National Park and its signage.
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Mr. Jayendrasinh Ker
Films the pollution of a coal based thermal power plant and how it enters the Marine National Park and its waterways.
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Mr. Jayendrasinh Ker
Says that the government has made several attempts to maintain the mangroves, but the levels of pollution are too high.
India, Jamnagar
Mooring
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Mr. Jayendrasinh Ker
Shows the Nayara Energy’s single point mooring facility can be seen from the Marine National Park and impacts marine ecology.
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Kiran Sangar
Fisherman and resident of Vadinar village. Explains how fishermen have to go further out to sea, as they are not allowed to fish near company facilities.
India, Jamnagar
Waterways
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Bharana Resident
Kiritsih Solanki
Speaks of Nayara Energy’s oil storage facility and the discharge that pollutes the surrounding bodies of water.
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Jayendrasinh Ker
Shows how water from the oil storage facility pollutes groundwater, spoiling crops.
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The oil storage facility of Indian Oil Corporation. Adjoining this facility are salt pans where salt is made.

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