New units and facilities to produce BS-VI compliant fuel, a desalination plant and fixing the logistics are some of the areas the Mangaluru based Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), an ONGC subsidiary, is focussing on, in the coming quarters.
The company has started to produce BS-VI grade diesel and petrol, which will be available in the retail outlets of oil marketing companies in the state by March next year, M Venkatesh, Managing Director of the company told DH.
He said, “We have switched to the production of BS-VI fuel by September. This will ensure that we can retail it by March next year. BS-VI has less sulphur and will help in reducing sulphur oxides by about 80%.”
