MRPL's delayed coker unit goes on stream.

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL), a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), has informed BSE that the Delayed Coker Unit (DCU) of 3 MMTPA, which is part of the refinery up-gradation cum expansion project, goes on stream recently, ie April 3, 2014. With this, MRPL's fuel oil production will come down drastically with corresponding increase in high-value products.

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