(chemmonitor) -- A new polypropylene (PP) production unit is expected to initiate activity in November-December of this year. The unit is situated in Mangalore (India).
Mangalore Refinery, a local, maker owns the plant. The maker initially intended to open the manufacturing unit by July 2012, but decided to postpone the startup.
However, the company did not explain its decision. The facility will generate up to 0.44 million tonnes per year.
Mangalore Refinery is an oil refinery at Mangalore and is a subsidiary of ONGC, set up in 1998. The refinery is located at Katipalla, north from centre of Mangalore city.
MRPL has a design capacity to process 11.82 million metric tonnes per annum and is the only Refinery in India to have 2 Hydrocrackers producing Premium Diesel (High Cetane). It is also the only Refinery in India to have 2 CCRs producing Unleaded Petrol of High Octane.