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MRPL commissions polypropylene unit

Plant has capacity to produce 440,000 tonnes per annum

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BS Reporter Bengaluru
Last Updated : Jun 20 2015 | 2:40 AM IST
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), an ONGC company, has commenced commercial production of Polypropylene from its Polypropylene (PP) Plant as part of its phase-III refinery expansion and upgradation project on Thursday. The plant has capacity to produce 440,000 tonnes per annum of polypropylene, it said.

The feedstock for the Polypropylene plant, polymer grade propylene, is being produced from upstream Petrochemical Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (PFCCU). The technology-provider for the Polypropylene Plant is Novolen of Germany and the plant has been engineered and constructed by Engineers India Ltd, a public sector undertaking by the Centre.

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First Published: Jun 19 2015 | 8:40 PM IST

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