MRPL starts commercial production of polypropylene

MANGALURU: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has successfully started commercial production of polypropylene from its 4,40,000 metric tonnes/annum polypropylene unit (PPU) here on Thursday. MRPL’s polypropylene Unit, the only one of its kind in South India, licensed by Novolen and constructed by Engineers India Ltd (EIL) is integrated with its phase III and gets its feedstock from its Petrochemical Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit.
An official communique from MRPL here states that PFCCU is backed by 4 warehouses with capacity for 21 days cover and a fully automated pellet bagging system. H Kumar, managing director, MRPL dwelling on this development said, “Commercial production of polypropylene, which is a value-added product, marks MRPL’s foray into petrochemicals. This will be a new revenue stream for MRPL and will also deliver value to the stakeholders.”