By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 5 -- Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd., a newly acquired subsidiary of India's Oil & Natural Gas Commission, has basic engineering under way for the addition of a Penex-Plus unit with a deisohexanizer column to its naphtha complex at its refinery at Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
The 13,200 b/d isomerate project is designed to produce high-octane isomerate for ultraclean gasoline that will meet the emission standards set by India's national auto fuel policy.
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, Ill., which designed the refinery, began basic engineering in February on the new unit.
The 9.7 million tonnes/year refinery presently is operating at 11.15 million tonnes/year.