MRPL becomes largest single location refinery in India

The Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a mini-Ratna CPSE PSU refinery based in coastal Karnataka and a subsidiary of ONGC, has become the single largest PSU-refinery (single location) in the country for the year 2022-23. MRPL achieved this feat by processing 17.14 million metric tonnes of crude oil during the past financial year. This

MRPL plans to set up ethanol plant for ethanol

The Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) will set up in Harihar of Davangere district an unit for the production of second generation Ethanol. Ethanol will be produced by processing the waste from jowar and cotton crops. The plant would be operational by 2025 and will produce 60,000 litres of ethanol per day. MRPL will

State-run refineries in India operate at full capacity in March

The country’s biggest state-run refiner in terms of capacity, IOC, and fellow refiner MRPL’s 300,000 b/d Mangalore refinery were operating at 100% or higher than their nameplate capacities. The two refiners have deferred some upcoming maintenance shutdowns because of current strong refining margins. BPCL’s 310,000 b/d Kochi, 240,000 b/d Mumbai and 156,000 b/d Bina refineries