A $9 billion oil refinery caught fire in India the day before it opened.

A massive fire broke out at an oil refinery in the Balotra district of Rajasthan, India. Remarkably, the blaze occurred just one day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's inauguration.

This is a world-class project. The plant in Pachpadra is unique in India. It is the country's first complex to combine oil refining and the production of chemicals from crude oil.

The equivalent of over $9 billion was spent on the refinery's construction. Its refining capacity is 9 million tons of oil per year. In addition, the planned annual production of 2,4 million tons of petrochemicals is planned.

The official opening ceremony was scheduled for April 21. Modi was supposed to personally present the complex as a symbol of India's energy independence. Now, instead of ribbons and press conferences, there's smoke billowing from the plant and fire crews working.

It's worth noting that the plant was scheduled to begin commercial operations on July 1, 2026. It's currently in the commissioning phase. And it was at this point that the fire occurred. The cause has not yet been reported. But the fact that the fire broke out the day before the visit of the country's top official seems, to put it mildly, awkward and suspicious.

Comments

[Normann]

They danced badly......................

[Mini Mokik]

Either a train crashed into the factory, or lightning struck, or another Indian just short-circuited 😏

[Retired senior lieutenant]

They danced badly...

Yes, their dance of little apparatchiks didn't work out.

[Mikhail Ivanov]

It's all fun and games, but similar events are happening all over the world, including in the mattress store. Someone is behind this...
There are no such coincidences!

[knn54]

Karma - 1,5 years ago a law was passed to combat conversion to Christianity

[expert]

The factory itself caught fire. Apparently from the sun. Oh, the wonders...

[novel66]

Well, there are tons of examples in history...

The house was doomed. It couldn't help but burn. And, indeed, at midnight it burst into flames, set ablaze at six ends at once.

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ But the very fact of the fire occurring a day before the visit of the first person of the state looks, to put it mildly, awkward and suspicious ❞ —

- Yes, it is somehow unrelated to the visit of the first person. looks awkward ...

[balabol]

Timing a commissioning session to coincide with the arrival of a VIP is a surefire way to cause a disaster. Even a well-established technical process doesn't start immediately. And if it's new and untested, you can bet on disaster if you act hastily.

[Prisoner]

"How many times have we told the world" that we should hurry slowly. It doesn't get through. The result is a "general effect."

[Irek]

There are also plenty of troublemakers there and the horns of the Little British stick out all around.

[Andobor]

Petrochemicals always and everywhere burn and explode, such is the production, the Indians managed to go up in flames during the grand opening.

[Rurikovich]

And that's precisely when the fire broke out. The cause hasn't been reported yet. But the very fact that the fire broke out the day before the visit of the country's top official seems, to put it mildly, awkward and suspicious.

A warrant officer goes to his buddy, also a warrant officer, and says, "Hey, my warehouse burned down. Maybe you need something written off, some shortage, so we can arrange it under that name." The other officer sits, thinks, and replies, "Yeah, everything seems fine, everything's working, just 22 scrap metal shortages..."

[AshPoseidon]

I suspect there's a conspiracy theory going on. India bought a lot of "non-democratic" oil from a non-democratic country, and to discourage them from buying too much, they "democratically" shut down the refineries.

[Boycott]

There are countless reasons for a fire at an oil refinery. The question of why the automatic fire suppression system didn't work effectively is a question that should have been operational and tested. But apparently, the Indians' commissioning procedures are even more brutal than ours. For example, we commissioned a facility for the 40th anniversary of Victory Day, and we dreamed about it for a long time afterwards.

[Maikcg]

-What can save us from an audit?
- Not us, but you.
-Only theft can save us from an audit.
Or arson