The Bombay Stock Exchange-listed energy firm is expected to charter up to 20 chemical tankers per month from 2016. It also aims to increase its petrochemicals exports to the Far East, Europe and the US.

RIL mostly hires a mix of spot and short-term charter tonnage and exports around 700,000 tonnes of petrochemicals per year — a figure expected to increase by up to 20% in the next two years.

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