The Jamnagar complex in northwest India is the largest refinery and petrochemicals complex ever built from the ground up—and it’s about to get even bigger. Bechtel and Reliance Petroleum Ltd. are expanding Jamnagar in a project that will create the world’s largest oil-refining operation.
A second refinery, under construction adjacent to the first, will nearly double the facility's capacity to more than 1.2 million barrels per day. The site covers an area bigger than London, and more than 70,000 workers will be employed during the peak of construction.
To meet the challenge, Bechtel created a “virtual company” of some 2,800 professionals in 19 offices and 10 cities in five countries. This may be the most widely distributed workforce Bechtel has ever applied to a project. The virtual team has been especially important in keeping the project on its aggressive record-breaking schedule. Work began in October 2005, with the first production train scheduled to begin operations 30 months later.
Reliance Industries is the only Indian company included in the Fortune Global 500. And it continues to be a valued customer of Bechtel.
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