Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) has secured the green signal from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) for the Bharat Stage (BS) VI auto fuel quality compliance project and associated project facilities.
Post getting clearance, the company will be able to achieve the conversion of the existing BS IV quality motor spirit (MS) and high speed diesel (HSD) facilities entirely into BS VI quality MS and HSD. This will help the company in achieving the production of 1.2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of MS and 7 MTPA of HSD of BS VI standard.
MRPL is engaged in the business of refining crude oil. It offers high speed diesel oil, fuel oil and motor spirit. It operates as a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.