Oil tanker Hafnia Seine certain for the USA from Sikka port in Western India hit Bharat Petroleum Corp’s (BPCL) crude import facility in an accident late on Sunday, two sources with the information of the matter mentioned on Monday.
The tanker was carrying gasoline-blending gas often known as alkylate for Reliance Industries’ U.S. unit from a refinery in Jamnagar in Gujarat state, in accordance with the sources, who added the extent of harm was not but identified.
“It seems to have hit the peripheral construction of the only level mooring (SPM),” one of many sources mentioned, including that no vessel is scheduled to discharge at its SPM at present.
BPCL has a single level mooring at Sikka to import crude for its landlocked Bina refinery in central India.
RIL and BPCL didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark. The sources declined to be recognized as a result of they weren’t authorised to talk publicly in regards to the matter.
