Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) is reportedly planning to shut its 144,000 barrels per day (bpd) crude unit, for maintenance for up to 25 days. MRPL has three crude units and operates a 300,000 bpd coastal refinery in southern Karnataka state. Other crude units will be shut for about 15 days in May and 10 days in June. During this shutdown MRPL will operate its hydrocracker at a lower capacity.
MRPL is a joint venture oil refinery promoted by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL), a public sector company and IRIL & Associates (AV Birla Group). It has a design capacity to process 9.69 million metric tonnes per annum and is the only refinery in India to have two hydrocrackers producing Premium Diesel (High Cetane).
