Two consignments totalling three million barrels of crude oil have already been unloaded into the caverns of ISPRL (Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Ltd) in Mangaluru and Padur (Udupi district), according to Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL).
Quoting M Venkatesh, Managing Director of MRPL, a press release said here on Friday that the first consignment of 2 million barrels by MRPL, and the second consignment of 1 million barrels by IOCL have already been successfully unloaded into the ISPRL caverns.
It said that a series of crude oil cargoes of volumes ranging from 1 million barrels to 2 million barrels are being sourced by MRPL, IOCL and BPCL.