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Gujarat Refinery Capacity to Rise to 18 MTPA by FY-End

LNG Editor1 week ago04 mins

Indian Oil expects its Gujarat Refinery in Vadodara to begin operating at an expanded capacity of 18 million metric tonnes per year (MTPA) by the end of the current financial year. Biplob Biswas, Executive Director and Head of Gujarat Refinery, said on Wednesday that the refinery is being expanded from its existing capacity of 13.7…

MRPL Refinery Fire Kills One, Injures Eight in Mangaluru

LNG Editor1 week ago07 mins

A major MRPL refinery fire at Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) in Mangaluru has killed one worker and injured at least eight others, according to the company and local authorities. The explosion occurred on Wednesday around noon after a high-pressure Cold Separator ruptured in the Coker Hydrotreater Unit at MRPL’s 15-million-tonne-per-year refinery. The incident…