As India struggles with shortages of the cooking fuel because of the Iran war, Reliance Industries is reducing alkylate output and rerouting feedstock to increase production of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the firm said on Monday.
The operator of the largest refining complex in the world is limiting exports of the gasoline-blending component by operating its alkylation plant at minimum rates.
Reliance's 704,000 barrels-per-day export-focused refinery usually sends alkylates to the United States.According to the corporation, LPG production has more than tripled since pre-war levels.In a statement to Reuters, the business said, "This has been done to bridge part of the gap in loss of LPG imports from Middle Eastern countries."
Due to shortages following the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, the federal government instructed refiners to maximise LPG production in March.

India, the second-largest importer of LPG worldwide, is currently experiencing its worst gas crisis in decades, with the government reducing supplies to industry in order to safeguard domestic cooking fuel requirements.
Approximately 90% of the nation's LPG imports came from the Middle East.