ONGC, India, is planning to expand the capacity of Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), India, to 15 million tonnes. The 9.6 million tonne refinery currently produces close to 12 m.t. of refined products. The expansion will also add new product lines. The capacity expansion of MRPL is clubbed with the proposed methane (C2) and propane (C3) extraction plant at Mangalore using LNG as feedstock. The methane produced will be used by MRPL as fuel. ONGC has already finalised a C2-C3 facility, also using LNG, at Dahej in Gujarat, India. The two C2-C3 extraction projects coupled with capacity expansion at MRPL will leave a sufficient quantity of high quality naphtha and propane with the ONGC group, which can be used only in the petrochemicals sector. The company had previously said that it would be finalising investment in the proposed petrochem project at Dahej by June-July this year.
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