Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals has commenced commercial production at Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) of 3.0 MMTPA, which is part of the Refinery Up-gradation cum Expansion Project. With this the Fuel Oil production will come down drastically with corresponding increase in high value products.
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).