Chemical and petrochemical industry
Chemical and petrochemical industry
Chemical and petrochemical industry
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Karnataka: showcasing potential inchemicals <strong>and</strong> <strong>petrochemical</strong>s► Mangalore Refinery <strong>and</strong> PetrochemicalsLimited (MRPL) is the state’s leading player,<strong>and</strong> public sector refinery► Manufacturing Facilities:► MRPL has capacity to process 11.82 millionmetric tonnes per annum500+ factories drive the chemical <strong>industry</strong> inthe StateOver 100 factories20-99 factories1-19 factories► Only Refinery in India to have 2Hydrocrackers producing Premium Diesel(High Cetane)► Only Refinery in India to have 2 CCRsproducing Unleaded Petrol of High Octane► Pipelines: 6 lines from refinery to coastalterminal at New Mangalore Port, with 362-kmPetronet pipeline between Mangalore <strong>and</strong>Bangalore transporting 76,806 kls ofNaphtha, Petrol, Kerosene, ATF, Diesel► Presence of a dedicated Petrochemical SEZ inMangalore► Proposed total area: 3,985 acres in DakshinKannada, with 1,800 acres alreadypossessed► 1,453 acres dedicated to petroleum <strong>and</strong><strong>petrochemical</strong>s <strong>industry</strong> development► Proposed units in MSEZ► Aromatics complex by ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals Ltd (OMPL) producing para-xylene<strong>and</strong> benzene► Strategic crude oil storage facility by Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd (ISPRL) at acost of US$ 208-million► Downstream <strong>petrochemical</strong> industries: methanol, propylene, benzene based; plastics,specialty chemicalsKarnataka: <strong>Chemical</strong>s <strong>and</strong> Petrochemicals ProfilePage 3