Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals
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Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited MRPL, located north of Mangalore city, is a State-of-the-art Grassroot Refinery at Mangalore and is a subsidiary of ONGC, set up in 1998.
The Refinery was commissioned in March, 1996. MRPL which was a Joint Sector Company become a PSU subsequent on acquisition of its majority shares by ONGC. The capacity of the refinery was assessed at 3.69 MMTPA and has been further expanded to 9.69 MMTPA in September, 1999.
MRPL, was a joint venture Oil Refinery promoted by M/s Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), a public sector company and M/s IRIL & associates (AV Birla Group). It was acquired by ONGC in 2003.