Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited receives first parcel of US crude

MANGALURU: State’s only refiner –

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited

(MRPL) on Friday received its first cargo of US crude. The

crude tanker MT Maran

Poseidon carrying 1 million barrels of Southern Green Canyon crude (1,41,000 MT) arrived at

New Mangalore Port

for unloading its cargo to MRPL tanks.


H Kumar, managing director, MRPL said MRPL purchased its first cargo of

Southern Green Canyon high Sulphur crude

from USA for the first time, in order to diversify its crude sourcing.

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