MRPL Receives Award For Energy Performance

Mangalore: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has been awarded the ''Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Award for Energy Performance of Refineries'' for 2006-07, by the Centre of High Technology, Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. This award, which is in recognition of a refinery''s annual energy performance, is decided after all refineries are evaluated by an awards committee for their specific energy consumption. A decreased energy index reflects not only optimum energy consumption but also reduced operational cost overheads. MRPL''s ''encon number'' (energy consumption number) for 2006-07 is 63.57 mbn the lowest amongst all refineries.